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Arterial Circle of the Brain of the Red-Necked Wallaby ( Notamacropus rufogriseus ).

Maciej ZdunJakub J RuszkowskiMaciej GogulskiAgata JózefiakMateusz Hetman
Published in: Animals : an open access journal from MDPI (2022)
The red-necked wallaby is a medium-sized marsupial species, which have increasingly been kept as pets around the world. In the study, the arterial blood supply for the brain in this species was described. The study was conducted on 50 specimens with two preparation methods. The main artery supplying the brain was the internal carotid artery. The arterial circle of the brain was closed from the caudal side. The anatomy of the arteries of the described region was compared with other groups of mammals. This is the first description of this anatomical area that has been carried out in a marsupial species. Understanding the anatomy of the circulatory system in the wallaby can be valuable for further physiological and pathophysiological studies.
Keyphrases
  • resting state
  • white matter
  • internal carotid artery
  • functional connectivity
  • middle cerebral artery
  • genetic diversity
  • brain injury
  • mass spectrometry
  • blood flow
  • simultaneous determination
  • liquid chromatography