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pallidostriatal

pallidostriatal adjective: relating to the globus pallidus and the striatum.

Adjective

pallidostriatal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the globus pallidus and the striatum
    • Retrograde labeling identifies ~17% of pallidostriatal neurons as PV +, at least a subset of which also innervate the STN and SNr. Optogenetic experiments in acute brain slices demonstrate that the PV + pallidostriatal axons make potent inhibitory synapses on low threshold spiking (LTS) and...2016 February 24, “Globus Pallidus Externus Neurons Expressing parvalbumin Interconnect the Subthalamic Nucleus and Striatal Interneurons”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of pallidostriatal

From pallido- + striatal.

Questions about pallidostriatal

What does pallidostriatal mean?
Pallidostriatal means relating to the globus pallidus and the striatum.
What part of speech is pallidostriatal?
Pallidostriatal is an adjective.

Words near pallidostriatal in the dictionary

  1. pallidofugal
  2. pallidol
  3. pallidoluysian
  4. pallidonigral
  5. pallidoseptal
  6. pallidostriatal
  7. pallidosubthalamic
  8. pallidotegmental
  9. pallidothalamic
  10. pallidotomies
  11. pallidotomy

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