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Complete Definition of "substantia nigra"

English

Etymology
Directly from latin meaning the black body or substance.

Noun
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substantia nigra

  1. The name given to the dopaminergic pars in the tegmentum, which is naturally colored black.

#Another part is the pars reticulata GABAergic close to pallidum

  1. The nucleus which is damaged in the brain of Parkinson's and Parkinsonian patients.
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