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  • adjective biology Pertaining to the corpus striatum.

Etymologies

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striate +‎ -al, from Latin striatum, past participle of strio ("to groove")

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Examples

  • If there is a bonus in the paycheck, this higher value will be reflected in striatal activity.

    The Optimism Bias by Tali Sharot: extract 2012

  • As surely as Riviera does, now, as he lies paralyzed beside the stump of a wall in the apartments of my Lady 3Jane Marie-France, his nigra-striatal system unable to produce the dopamine receptors that could save him from Hideo's arrow.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • So, what appears to be the case is that affected KE family members 'language difficulties result from a mutation in the FOXP2 gene, which results in abnormal development of the striatal, cerebellar and cortical areas necessary for the sequencing and coordination of speech-related movements of the mouth, tongue and possibly larynx;

    Innateness and Language Cowie, Fiona 2008

  • MRI scans of affected family members showing reduced gray matter density in these areas support this hypothesis, as do fMRI scans showing abnormal striatal and cortical activation during receptive and active language processing (Belton et al. 2003; Liegeois, et al. 2003.)

    Innateness and Language Cowie, Fiona 2008

  • Irie, K., and Wurtman, R.J. Effects of phenylalanine on the release of endogenous dopamine from rat striatal slices.

    Santa Fe Pediatrician Regales Hawaii Legislative Committee with Dangers of Aspartame 2008

  • Dopamine activation in the striatal and mesolimbic pathways is the thickening agent for my theory here.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Angry Professor 2007

  • Therefore, the mesolimbic/striatal dopamine pathways evolved a solution.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Angry Professor 2007

  • Dopamine activation in the striatal and mesolimbic pathways is the thickening agent for my theory here.

    Mailbag Monday: Edition "Religion is dopaminergic." Angry Professor 2007

  • Therefore, the mesolimbic/striatal dopamine pathways evolved a solution.

    Mailbag Monday: Edition "Religion is dopaminergic." Angry Professor 2007

  • These reward areas include more primitive brain regions such as the striatal system and the nucleus accumbens, they said.

    Men Like Revenge E.J. Mundell for HealthDay News 2006

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