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ventral tegmentum

ventral tegmentum noun: a part of the midbrain, close to the substantia nigra and the red nucleus, that contains dopamine and serotonin.

Noun

ventral tegmentum

  1. A part of the midbrain, close to the substantia nigra and the red nucleus, that contains dopamine and serotonin.
  2. The part of the mesencephalon that projects to the nucleus accumbens via the mesolimbic pathway and to the cortex via the mesocortical pathway

Questions about ventral tegmentum

What does ventral tegmentum mean?
Ventral tegmentum means a part of the midbrain, close to the substantia nigra and the red nucleus, that contains dopamine and serotonin.
What part of speech is ventral tegmentum?
Ventral tegmentum is a noun.

Words near ventral tegmentum in the dictionary

  1. ventral striata
  2. ventral striatum
  3. ventral striatums
  4. ventral tegmental area
  5. ventral tegmental areas
  6. ventral tegmentum
  7. ventralisation
  8. ventralisations
  9. ventralise
  10. ventralised
  11. ventralising

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