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substantia nigras

substantia nigras is the plural of substantia nigra.

Meaning of substantia nigra

Noun

substantia nigra (plural substantiae nigrae or substantia nigras)

  1. A brain structure located in the mesencephalon (midbrain) that plays an important role in reward, addiction, and movement, damage to which occurs in Parkinson's and Parkinsonian patients.
    • Their location was established in the 1950s as the substantia nigra, a layer of grey matter in the midbrain.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 551
    Synonyms:
    SN

Questions about substantia nigras

What is substantia nigras the plural of?
Substantia nigras is the plural of substantia nigra.

Words near substantia nigras in the dictionary

  1. substandardly
  2. substandardness
  3. substant
  4. substantia innominata
  5. substantia nigra
  6. substantia nigras
  7. substantiability
  8. substantiable
  9. substantiae nigrae
  10. substantial
  11. substantialise

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