It helps blood flow from both the front and back sections of the brain. The circle of Willis gets its name from the physician Thomas Willis, who described this part of the anatomy in 1664.

A study published in the Journal of Anatomy has made an important breakthrough ... of death and quickly identify alterations in the brain circulation (such as clots) or tumors.

IN modern civilizations an enormous toll of suffering and death is exacted by local disorders of brain blood flow. Regional hemodynamic failure, with unique rapidity, produces anoxic devastation ...

The cerebellum, located in the lower back part of the brain, plays a vital role in most ... such as breathing, circulation, sleeping, digestion, and swallowing. These are the involuntary processes ...

Term newborns with congenital heart disease (CHD) show delayed brain development as early as the third trimester, especially in single-ventricle physiology (SVP). Mechanisms causing delayed brain ...