Oculomotor, Trochlear, and Abducens Nerves Penetrated by Cerebral Vessels
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 43 (1) , 58-61
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1986.00520010054022
Abstract
• Twenty formaldehyde-fixed brains were examined under the stereoscopic microscope. In 12 brains (60%), the oculomotor nerves were penetrated by the circumflex mesencephalic artery or by a branch of the perforating vessels of the posterior cerebral artery, either on one side (40%) or on both (20%). In one brain (5%), a particular relationship was noticed between the trochlear nerve and the superior cerebellar artery. The abducens nerves were penetrated by the corresponding pontine veins in three brains (15%). These anatomical findings might have important clinical implications.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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