ventral striatum

noun

The forward part of the corpus striatum, made up of four separate parts, two per hemisphere: the nucleus accumbens and the olfactory tubercle.

Meanings

nounventral striatum (plural ventral striatums or ventral striata)

plural ventral striatums · plural ventral striata

  1. anatomyThe forward part of the corpus striatum, made up of four separate parts, two per hemisphere: the nucleus accumbens and the olfactory tubercle.
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