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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2010 Apr 22;21(6):903–909. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.02.023

Table 2.

Structures in Arterial Distribution

I. Anterior Cerebral Art II. Middle Cerebral Art III. Posterior Cerebral Art
Frontal cortex Tail of caudate* Occipital cortex*
Olfactory tubercle Caudate nucleus Thalamus
Hypothalamus (anterior)* Internal capsule Hypothalamus (posterior)
Corpus callosum Putamen* Crus cerebri*
Cingular cortex* Claustrum Red nucleus*
Parietal Cortex Superior colliculus
Hippocampus dorsal Inferior colliculus*
Hippocampus ventral
Temporal cortex*
Globus pallidus* IV. Basilar Art
Amygdala Cerebellum
Pons*

All structures with infarcts are associated with the appropriate major blood supply.

*

The asterisks indicate sites seen only in animals with multiple strokes.