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Common carotid artery

Known as: Carotid Arteries, Common, Artery, Common Carotid, Arteria carotis communis 
The two principal arteries supplying the structures of the head and neck. They ascend in the neck, one on each side, and at the level of the upper… 
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Broader (3)

Carotid ArteriesSystemic arterial treeSystemic artery
Carotid BodyExternal carotid artery structureHead and neck structureInternal carotid artery structure

Narrower (2)

Left common carotid artery structureRight common carotid artery structure

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Elevated subclinical atherosclerosis associated with oophorectomy is related to time since menopause rather than type of menopause.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
5-(N-Ethyl-N-isopropyl)-amiloride, an Na+–H+ exchange inhibitor, protects gerbil hippocampal neurons from ischemic injury
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Association between elevated plasma total homocysteine and increased common carotid artery wall thickness.
Homocysteine is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for atherothrombotic arterial diseases. We investigated the relation… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Rolipram, a cyclic AMP-selective phosphodiesterase inhibitor, reduces neuronal damage following cerebral ischemia in the gerbil.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Comparison of effects of felodipine versus hydrochlorothiazide on arterial diameter and pulse-wave velocity in essential hypertension.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Stiffness of the common carotid artery in treated hypertensive patients.
Antihypertensive treatment, by lowering blood pressure and correcting functional and/or structural abnormalities of the arterial… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Selective chromatolysis of neurons in the gerbil brain: A possible consequence of “epileptic” activity produced by common carotid artery occlusion
Unilateral (50 to 118 minutes) and bilateral (2 to 33 minutes) carotid artery occlusion in gerbils resulted in two distinct types… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Effect of baro- and chemoreceptor activation on supraoptic nuclei neurons in the hypothalamus
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Internal carotid artery occlusion in young adults.
In recent years, internal carotid artery occlusion has frequently been diagnosed in young adults. The present study of 17… 
Highly Cited
1954
Highly Cited
1954
Mucormycosis of the central nervous system associated with thrombosis of the internal carotid artery.
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