Subcortical leukomalacia: relationship to development of the cerebral sulcus and its vascular supply

S Takashima, DL Armstrong, LE Becker - Archives of Neurology, 1978 - jamanetwork.com
• The development of the microvascular architecture of the cerebral cortex and white matter
was studied in the preterm, term, and older infant, using postmortem cerebral angiography
and metal impregnation studies. During the first few months after birth, a relatively avascular
triangle forms in the white matter at the depth of the sulcus. Subcortical leukomalacia occurs
in this triangle as well as in border zones between the major cerebral arteries.