title: Vascularization of the brain in guinea pig. I. Gross anatomy of the arteries and veins.
abstract: The brain of the guinea pig is supplied by branches of the vertebral, basilar, and internal carotid arteries. There is no anterior communicating artery. The main blood supply to the brain is through the vertebral-basilar system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroanatomy, Jagiellonian University Cracow.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Majewska-Michalska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology