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🐦 Old bird brain term 🧠 Brain movement area
neostriatum

neostriatum

9.9
A part of the brain that helps control movement, coordination, and forming habits
  • noun
  • /ˌniːoʊˈstraɪətəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : neoestriado
  • Research suggests that the neostriatum is important for learning new behaviors through repeated practice.

Examples

  • Damage to the neostriatum can lead to significant coordination problems and issues with motor skills.

  • And also I'm not showing here at all the neostriatum, OK.

  • The neostriatum plays a crucial role in movement control and habit formation in the brain.

Synonyms

striatum
vsneostriatum
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A part of the brain that helps control movement and reward

is defined as caudate plus putamen focused on movement and habits
corpus striatum
vsneostriatum
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A part of the brain made of two connected areas that helps control movement

is centered on caudate and putamen with motor and habit functions
striate body
vsneostriatum
  • Specialized
9.9

Part of the brain made of white and grey matter that helps control movement

is the part specifically comprising caudate plus putamen related to movement

Surface Forms

neostriatum singular
neostriata plural

Morphology

neostriatum = striatum (semi-transparent) = neo + striatum

The formation 'neo-' + 'striatum' is morphologically regular and indicates a 'new' or more recently evolved part, but the meaning is highly technical and thus not fully transparent to average learners.

Etymology

Neostriatum comes from neo- 'new' and striatum 'striped'. The name points to the striped look of this brain area, the caudate and putamen, and that helps explain why it refers to the part of the mammal brain that controls movement, coordination and habit learning.