Elsevier

Brain Research

Volume 335, Issue 1, 27 May 1985, Pages 139-143
Brain Research

Laminar variation in the microvascular architecture of normal human visual cortex (area 17)

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Abstract

Diameters and densities of arterioles and capillaries were measured in thick alkaline phosphatase-stained sections of human visual cortex from normal young adults. Values were compared between laminae. Capillary diameters ranked:IV > V–VI > II–III > I; capillary densities ranked:IV > II–III > V2V¯I > I. The striking capillary density of lamina IV overlaps the stria Gennarii and, like it, is limited to area 17. The data suggest correlations with similar laminar distributions of some neurotransmitters and of certain common neuropathological lesions.

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