Blood Pressure Gradients in the Brain: Their Importance to Understanding Pathogenesis of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

The term “lacunar infarction„ referred to small infarctions in the basal ganglia, internal capsule, thalamus, and brainstem, due to hypertensive small vessel disease. However, it has become common to refer to all small infarctions as “vascular centrencephalon„...

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Main Author: J. David Spence
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/9/2/21