PRELYMPHATIC SYSTEM OF THE CEREBELLUM VIA VERTEBRAL ARTERY / 解剖学报

ABSTRACT

Eight adult rats were used in this study. Carbon particles injected into the cortex of cerebellum were found in tho Virchow-Robin space of the adjacent capillaries, and in the adventitia of cerebellar artery, basillar artery and intra-and extraeranial segments of vertebral artery. They were also present in some deep cervical lymph nodes. These findings suggest that the prelymphatic pathway may exist in the brain in the adventitia of supplying arteries.