Meanings
adjectivemesocortical (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the mesocortex.
“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.”
2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 154
Origin
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mesocortical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesocortical
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“mesocortical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesocortical. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mesocortical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesocortical.
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