Anatomy and Embryology

, Volume 158, Issue 1, pp 51–62 | Cite as

Comparative studies on the pre-and postterminal blood vessels in the cerebellar cortex of rhesus monkey, cat, and rat

  • W. Lange
  • Z. Halata
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Summary

In the rhesus monkey, cat and rat, pial arteries give off branches which run vertically through all three layers of the cerebellar cortex. The large cortical arteries are surrounded by a perivascular space in the molecular layer. Their wall consists of several layers of smooth-muscle cells and the luminal endothelium. As the arteries reach the deeper layers of the cerebellar cortex, the number of smooth-muscle cells is reduced. In the rat, sometimes no smooth-muscle cells are detectable in the preterminal arterial vessels. If these deep arteries branch off by dichotomy of terminal vessels there occurs a gradual or complete loss of myocytes in all three species. In the cat, where cortical arteries give off branches at rightangles, there is a sphincter-like accumulation of smooth-muscle cells at the opening to the smaller branch.

The postterminal vessels and veins in all species exhibit the smae mural structure found in capillaries. The wall consists only of an endothelium and occasional pericytes embedded in the basal lamina. Even the large veins which run to the pial veins show this simple mural structure.

Key words

Cerebellar cortex Pre-and postterminal blood vessels Rhesus monkey, cat, rat Electron microscopy 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • W. Lange
    • 1
    • 2
  • Z. Halata
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of AnatomyRheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule AachenFederal Republic of Germany
  2. 2.Department of AnatomyUniversity of HamburgFederal Republic of Germany

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