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Professor Zoltán Molnár talks to Associate Professor Chrystalina Antoniades for an in-depth look at the Circle of Willis, the name given to the arterial ring at the base of the brain, in recognition of the man renowned for its original description.

Cerebri Anatome illustration of the Circle of Willis (Christopher Wren), a modern angiogram of the Circle of Willis, informal portrait outside of Chystalina Antoniades
L-R: the Circle of Willis in Cerebri Anatome (1664), modern day angiogram of the circle, and Associate Professor Chrystalina Antoniades