title: [Arteries of the human thalamus. I. Artery and polar thalamic territory of the posterior communicating artery].
abstract: The posterior communicating artery participates to the thalamic vascularization in 60 to 70 p. 100 of the brains. It does by one unic, well characterized artery, the polar artery. Its territory comprises the rostral pole of the lateral region up to the mamillo thalamic fasciculus.
mesh_terms: D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000098:blood supply; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000098:blood supply; D013788:Thalamus / Q000098:blood supply*
vernacular_title: Les artères du thalamus humain. I.--Artère et territoire thalamiques polaires de l'artère communicante postérieure