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mesocortical

mesocortical adjective: of or pertaining to the mesocortex.

Adjective

mesocortical (not comparable)

  1. Of 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 of mesocortical

From meso- + cortical.

Questions about mesocortical

What does mesocortical mean?
Mesocortical means of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
What part of speech is mesocortical?
Mesocortical is an adjective.

Words near mesocortical in the dictionary

  1. mesoconsumers
  2. mesocopic
  3. mesocoracoid
  4. mesocoracoids
  5. mesocortex
  6. mesocortical
  7. mesocorticolimbic
  8. mesocorticolimbic circuit
  9. mesocorticolimbic circuits
  10. mesocorticostriatal
  11. mesocosm

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