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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26227-6
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This paper presents an original method to label the arterial supply of macroscopic white matter fasciculi based on post-mortem injection of colored material and fiber dissection. The method provides a precise anatomical description of the vascularization of the main white matter tracts.
Advances in the techniques for assessing human cerebral white matter have recently contributed to greater attention to structural connectivity. Yet, little is known about the vascularization of most white matter fasciculi and the fascicular composition of the vascular territories. This paper presents an original method to label the arterial supply of macroscopic white matter fasciculi based on a standardized protocol for post-mortem injection of colored material into main cerebral arteries combined with a novel fiber dissection technique. Twelve whole human cerebral hemispheres obtained post-mortem were included. A detailed description of every step, from obtaining the specimen to image acquisition of its dissection, is provided. Injection and dissection were reproducible and manageable without any sophisticated equipment. They successfully showed the arterial supply of the dissected fasciculi. In addition, we discuss the challenges we faced and overcame during the development of the presented method, highlight its originality. Henceforth, this innovative method serves as a tool to provide a precise anatomical description of the vascularization of the main white matter tracts.
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