superior cerebellar artery

Origin

basilar artery

Distribution

• cortex, medullary center & central nuclei of cerebellum
• branches to pons, superior cerebellar peduncle, inferior colliculus of midbrain

Pathology

vertebrobasilar stroke (occlusion)

• nausea/vomiting
• vertigo
• ipsilateral limb ataxia
• diplopia
• contrapulsion of saccades
• Horner syndrome
• facial hemianesthesia
• contralateral hemianesthesia

More general terms

• artery