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mesolimbic

mesolimbic adjective: relating to the middle part of the limbic system.

Adjective

mesolimbic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the middle part of the limbic system.
    • “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 mesolimbic

From meso- + limbic.

Words formed from mesolimbic

Questions about mesolimbic

What does mesolimbic mean?
Mesolimbic means relating to the middle part of the limbic system.
What part of speech is mesolimbic?
Mesolimbic is an adjective.

Words near mesolimbic in the dictionary

  1. mesolects
  2. mesoleg
  3. mesolegs
  4. mesolevel
  5. mesolevels
  6. mesolimbic
  7. mesolimbic pathway
  8. mesolimbocortical
  9. mesolimnion
  10. mesolimnions
  11. mesolingual

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