Morphometric parameters of cerebral arteries of adults of 35-60 years

For the purpose of identification of age changes of dimensional characteristics of brain arteries of adults of 35-60 years studied, specimen of the anterior cerebral artery (ACA), middle cerebral artery (MCA), posterior cerebral artery (PCA), posterior communicating artery (PCoA), the basilar arteries (BA) and the intracranial parts of vertebral arteries (IPVA) withdrawn at autopsy of 46 corpses of men and women of the 2nd period of mature age are. Studied length, external diameter, wall thickness of arteries and diameter of a gleam. The obtained data differ from averages for population of adults. Especially strongly differs size wall thickness of arteries which in the 2nd period of mature age is 10% less than average. In decreasing order of sizes of the studied parameters, arteries were distributed as follows: BA, MCA, IPVA, PCA, ACA and PCoA. External diameter - the stablest morphological parameter of arteries of a brain. Its variability the lowest.