nigrostriatal
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]nigrostriatal (not comparable)
- 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.”