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striatal

striatal

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Relating to the part of the brain that controls movement and reward
  • adjective
  • /ˈstraɪətəl/
  • Specialized
: estriatal
  • The symptoms are caused by dysfunctions in the dopaminergic neurotransmitter system and fronto-striatal brain functions; however, the definitive pathogenesis of ADHD remains elusive due to its complex, multifactorial nature.
  • striatal neurons

But it turns out that the more firing of striatal dopamine neurons that's occurring, the more frequently we blink.

Examples

  • This results in dopamine depletion in striatal structures as well as in other areas of the brain.

    Academic text (2011)

  • But it turns out that the more firing of striatal dopamine neurons that's occurring, the more frequently we blink.

    Andrew Huberman

  • So this shows the cortical striatal connection.

  • For 15-month-old rats, the striatal cells have lost 40 percent of their ability to respond to such signals.

    Academic text (1999)

  • OK, let's just talk about the striatal ones because that's the one we've talked about already.

  • Their striatal cells performed significantly better than those of rats on the control diet, especially the rats getting the spinach extract.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The findings suggest that increased aerobic fitness is associated with greater dorsal striatal volumes, which leads to enhanced cognitive control.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Route knowledge consists of associations between local views of an environment and associated movements (e.g., turn right at the bakery), which is critically dependent on striatal structures such as the caudate nucleus (Hartley et al., 2003).

    Academic text (2017)

  • This includes actual abnormalities in the area that controls attention and executive functions and may be caused by functional and structural malfunctions in the frontal-striatal circuitry (Chang, Davies, & Gavin, 2009).

    Academic text (2013)

  • The study examined how striatal activity influences reward-seeking behavior in the brain.

Surface Forms

striatal positive

Morphology

striatal = striatum (transparent) = striatum + al

The adjective is formed regularly from the noun 'striatum' with the suffix '-al', so the meaning is directly compositional.

Etymology

Striatal comes from striatum, from the Latin stria meaning 'stripe', and is like the English word stripe. The brain area called the striatum looks striped, so striatal means 'relating to that striped part of the brain', which is the area that helps control movement and reward.