Variable Anatomy of the Middle Cerebral Artery from Its Origin to the Edge of the Sylvian Fissure: A Direct Fresh Brain Study

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Perforators of the MCA. Six (a) and 15 (b) perforators (P) arising from the MT of the MCA as single branches. (c) Nine perforators arising from both the MT and bifurcation (Bi) point. (d) Lifting the inferior division (ID) by the forceps revealed the emergence of 5 perforators not only from the MT but also from the bifurcation and postbifurcation divisions comprising superior and inferior divisions (SD and ID, respectively). Optic chiasma.

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