nigrostriatal

English

Adjective

nigrostriatal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a neural connection between the substantia nigra and the striatum.
   • 2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 154:

     “The mesocortical, mesolimbic, and nigrostriatal dopamine pathways are what the call the reward pathways, all right? They’re the ones that activate when we’re expecting or receiving a reward.”

Related terms

• nigrostriatum
• striatal

Anagrams

• striatonigral