supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2007AA022303);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30500115);the NSFC-FBR International Joint Research Project(Grant No.30711120171);the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University.
The collateral circulation is crucial for the pathophysiology and outcome of acute cortical ischemia.Current understanding of collateral circulation still remains sparse,largely due to prior limitations of spatial or/...