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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 6/2012

01-06-2012 | Review Paper

The cranial dura mater: a review of its history, embryology, and anatomy

Authors: Nimer Adeeb, Martin M. Mortazavi, R. Shane Tubbs, Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 6/2012

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Abstract

Introduction

The dura mater is important to the clinician as a barrier to the internal environment of the brain, and surgically, its anatomy should be well known to the neurosurgeon and clinician who interpret imaging.

Methods

The medical literature was reviewed in regard to the morphology and embryology of specifically, the intracranial dura mater. A historic review of this meningeal layer is also provided.

Conclusions

Knowledge of the cranial dura mater has a rich history. The embryology is complex, and the surgical anatomy of this layer and its specializations are important to the neurosurgeon.
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Metadata
Title
The cranial dura mater: a review of its history, embryology, and anatomy
Authors
Nimer Adeeb
Martin M. Mortazavi
R. Shane Tubbs
Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol
Publication date
01-06-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1744-6

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