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Stroke Survivors, the site for Cerebellar stroke victims
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Blood is supplied to the brain by four arteries: The Carotid arteries and the Vertebral arteries.The carotid arteries run up the side of the neck and supply the Cerebral hemispheres, and the Vertebral arteries run alongside the spinal column and join together to form the Basilar artery. The two Carotid arteries and the Basilar artery then join a circular artery called the Circle of Willis and this supplies the rest of the brain with blood.
Cerebellar, like other types of strokes can be caused by either bleeding into the brain (haemorrhagic stroke) or, more commonly by the blockage of an artery leading to the brain (ischaemic stroke). The result of both types of stroke is a certain amount of brain damage.
Generally, If a Carotid artery is blocked then a cerebral stroke will result. And if one of the vertebral arteries are blocked then a Cerebellar (or brainstem) stroke will result, but it is not always as simple as this.
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