parastriate

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adjective

Beyond or over the striatum

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Meanings

adjectiveparastriate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBeyond or over the striatum

    This pattern of grey matter atrophy included the parastriate and peristriate occipital lobe cortices (BA18 and BA19 respectively) and the posterior part of the temporal lobes (superior temporal gyrus BA22, BA41) and of parietal lobes (angular gyrus BA39, precuneus and superior parietal lobule BA7).

    2015 October 20, “Usefulness of Multi-Parametric MRI for the Investigation of Posterior Cortical Atrophy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From para- + striate.

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Chicago

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