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adjectivenigrostriatal (not comparable)
- not comparablePertaining to a neural connection between the substantia nigra and the striatum.
“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
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nigrostriatal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigrostriatal
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“nigrostriatal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigrostriatal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nigrostriatal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigrostriatal.
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