Volume 58 (2008) Issue: 2008 No#5-6

The arterial vascularization of the amygdala in dogs

Author(s): Blagojević M, Nešić Ivana, Ranković V, Stefanović D, Kerkez M, Drekić D

Keywords:dog, amygdala, arteries, nuclei of the amygdala, massa intercalata, area enthorhinalis.

We investigated the vascularization of the amygdala of the dog using various contrast agents injected into the internal carotid and vertebral artery. Subsequent clearance of the tissues gives us an opportunity to study the finest capillary network in the amygdala. The corticomedial part of the amygdala has a good vascularization given by the rostral and caudal choroid arteries. The rostral choroid gives off a rich capillary net to the nucleus centralis (NCE), its pars lateralis (NCEL) and pars medialis (NCEM). Nucleus medialis (NM) is poorly vascularized compared to the central nuclei. The massa intercalata (MI) also has a delicate artery around which there is a fine net of capillaries. Nucleus corticalis (NCO) and area enthorhinalis (AER) are better vascularized by the subpial blood vessel. The caudal choroid, a branch of the caudal cerebral artery is a source of subpial capillaries. The basolateral part of the amygdala is very well vascularized by the rostral choroid artery, a branch of the middle cerebral, especially the nucleus basolateralis (NBL) and nucleus lateralis posterior (NLP). The nucleus basomedialis (NBM) is poorly vascularize by the rostral choroid artery . The amygdala, is served by the middle cerebral artery, via its branch, the rostral choroid, and the caudal cerebral artery via its branch the caudal choroid artery. Every amygdala nucleus has its own central artery around which is formed a rich net of capillaries.