Prefrontal artery

Looks like

A middle cerebral branch running forward and up over the front of the outer frontal lobe.

What it does

Supplies the prefrontal cortex, used for planning, attention and self-control.

Keeping it well

Part of middle cerebral strokes; damage may change behaviour more than movement.

Related conditions

• Brain aneurysm
• Carotid artery stenosis
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Ischaemic stroke
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Retinal artery occlusion (eye stroke)
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Takayasu arteritis
• Transient ischaemic attack
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)