Posterior Cerebral Artery
"Posterior Cerebral Artery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Artery formed by the bifurcation of the BASILAR ARTERY. Branches of the posterior cerebral artery supply portions of the OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; inferior temporal gyrus, brainstem, and CHOROID PLEXUS.
| Descriptor ID |
D020769
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.114.228.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Posterior Cerebral Artery- Posterior Cerebral Artery
- Arteries, Posterior Cerebral
- Artery, Posterior Cerebral
- Cerebral Arteries, Posterior
- Posterior Cerebral Arteries
- Cerebral Artery, Posterior
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| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Posterior Cerebral Artery" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 Associated Central Nervous System Vasculopathy. Can J Neurol Sci. 2021 01; 48(1):139-140.
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Endovascular intervention of acute ischemic stroke due to occlusion of fetal posterior cerebral artery. Interv Neuroradiol. 2019 Apr; 25(2):202-207.
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Reduced Efficacy of the Pipeline Embolization Device in the Treatment of Posterior Communicating Region Aneurysms with Fetal Posterior Cerebral Artery Configuration. Neurosurgery. 2018 05 01; 82(5):695-700.
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Brain Arterial Diameters and Cognitive Performance: The Northern Manhattan Study. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2018 04; 24(4):335-346.
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Isolated intracranial fibromuscular dysplasia of the posterior cerebral artery. J Clin Neurosci. 2017 Sep; 43:119-121.