A harmful form of the tau protein, which builds up in Alzheimer's disease and similar brain disorders, can directly damage ...

the PCOM artery starts from the internal carotid artery (ICA) and joins the internal carotid and the posterior cerebral arteries (PCA). It is located on the left and right sides of the head and is ...

The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it forms from two smaller blood vessels, called the ...

A study from Stanford researchers identifies the CXCL12 gene as a crucial regulator of the posterior descending artery’s development in the human heart. The findings, which link this gene to heart ...

Primary outcomes included the rate of first pass effect, (modified treatment in cerebral infarction (mTICI ... center study of a cohort of consecutive patients with anterior and posterior circulation ...

In hemispheric stroke, visuospatial neglect was most common when the middle (≈64% right and ≈21% left) and posterior (≈53% right and ≈25% left) cerebral artery territories were affected. Neglect ...

For some people, this artery, called the posterior descending artery, comes from the left side or from both directions. A study has found that the gene CXCL12 is connected to this artery's ...

Background Recent studies have shown that follow-up head CT is a strong predictor of functional outcomes in patients with middle cerebral artery stroke and mechanical thrombectomy. We sought to ...

Read at the meeting of the Section for Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Hygiene, of the Suffolk District Medical Society, February 9, 1887.