脳血管の三次元微細構築

Three dimensional study on the microvasculature of the central nervous system

　われわれは，これまでヒト大脳皮質^1,3），基底核^3），海馬^3,10），小脳皮質^2），側脳室脈絡叢^5）などの微細循環構築について報告してきた。本稿では，大脳皮質および海馬の微細循環構築を中心に述べる。

We have examined the microvasculature of the human cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, hippocampus, cerebellar cortex and choroid plexus. In this paper the morphology of the microvasculature of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus is described.

One of most characteristic features of the cerebral cortex is the presence of fountain-like ramification in the middle and deep branches of cortical artery and the intracortical branches of the subcortical artery.