The pontine arteries are a number of small arteries which come off at right angles from either side of the basilar artery and supply the pons and adjacent...

cerebellar artery winds around the upper margin of the pons. Most of the pons is supplied by the pontine arteries, which arise from the basilar artery. A smaller...

basilar artery (U.K.: /ˈbæz.ɪ.lə/; U.S.: /ˈbæs.ə.lər/) is one of the arteries that supplies the brain with oxygen-rich blood. The two vertebral arteries and...

saccades.: 499  Lesions of the medial pontine regions are relatively common. Due to the small size of the arteries in the area, the most common cause of...

Lateral Pontine Syndrome, also known as Marie-Foix syndrome or Marie-Foix-Alajouanine syndrome. It refers to one of the brainstem stroke syndromes of...

spinal cord. When located in the pons it is also known as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). DMG is believed to be caused by genetic mutations that cause...

nucleus. The facial nucleus itself can be affected by infarcts of the pontine arteries. Unlike peripheral facial palsy, central facial palsy does not affect...

common. Downward herniation can stretch branches of the basilar artery (pontine arteries), causing them to tear and bleed, known as a Duret hemorrhage....

Structures affected by the lesion are the dorsal pons (pontine tegmentum) which comprises paramedian pontine reticular formation (PPRF), nuclei of cranial nerves...

are supplied by the lenticulostriate arteries, which are branches of the M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery. The inferior half of the anterior limb...

anterior spinal artery (instead supplied by the posterior inferior cerebellar arteries and the vertebral arteries). The anterior spinal artery arises bilaterally...

needed] Alternating hemiplegia of childhood Benedikt syndrome Lateral pontine syndrome Medial medullary syndrome Weber's syndrome Lui, Forshing; Anilkumar...

prepontine cistern, or pontine cistern is one of the subarachnoid cisterns situated ventral to the pons. It contains the basilar artery.: 478  Each lateral...

branch of posterior cerebral artery most commonly or the paramedian branches of basilar bifurcation perforating arteries. This lesion is usually unilateral...

Medial inferior pontine syndrome is a condition associated with a contralateral hemiplegia.[citation needed]"Medial inferior pontine syndrome" has been...

Hypoglossal nucleus Chemoreceptor trigger zone Pontine nuclei Pontine cranial nerve nuclei Chief or pontine nucleus of the trigeminal nerve sensory nucleus...

arteries (A1 and proximal A2) The anterior communicating artery Heubner's artery The hypothalamic arteries The origin of the fronto-orbital arteries Lumbar...

inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) is one of three pairs of arteries that supplies blood to the cerebellum. It arises from the basilar artery on each side at...

anatomy, arterial tree is used to refer to all arteries and/or the branching pattern of the arteries. This article regards the human arterial tree. Starting...

extension of lesion Horizontal gaze palsy may occur (as in lower dorsal pontine syndrome) http://www.clineu-journal.com/article/S0303-8467(07)00181-3/abstract[permanent...

supply of blood to the brainstem is provided by the basilar arteries and the vertebral arteries.: 740  The human brainstem emerges from two of the three...

the pontine nucleus and travelling to the opposite hemisphere of the cerebellar cortex. It is supplied by the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA)...

whether or not you have atherosclerosis (narrowing) of the carotid arteries. These arteries are the large blood vessels in your neck that feed your brain....

disease or osmotic demyelination syndrome (formerly designated central pontine myelinolysis) secondary to excessively rapid correction of hyponatremia...

atherosclerotic carotid artery, any emboli arising from vasculature preceding the retinal artery, ophthalmic artery, or ciliary arteries may cause this transient...

Willis:: 440  basilar artery (including its bifurcation), (origins of the) posterior cerebral arteries,: 440  posterior communicating arteries,: 450  (the origin...

loss. Three arteries supply blood to the cerebellum (Fig. 7): the superior cerebellar artery (SCA), anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA), and posterior...

arteries that supply the brain. The two main pairs of arteries are the internal carotid arteries (supply the anterior brain) and vertebral arteries (supplying...

mainly from the pontine nuclei. The input to the pons is from the cerebral cortex and is relayed from the pontine nuclei via transverse pontine fibers to the...

involuntary reflex. Brain centers that regulate urination include the pontine micturition center, periaqueductal gray, and the cerebral cortex. During...