putaminal

English

Adjective

putaminal (not comparable)

1. Relating to the putamen
   • 2015 July 9, Laura Jane Williams et al., “Young Women do it Better: Sexual Dimorphism in Temporal Discrimination”, in Frontiers in Neurology‎^[1], volume 6, →DOI:

     Normal sexual dimorphism in the basal ganglia includes larger male putaminal volume ( 58 ); interestingly, poorer performance during a temporal discrimination task has been correlated with putaminal enlargement ( 4 ), which could be reflected in our data of higher TDTs in younger men versus women.

Derived terms

• intraputaminal