tegmental
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- adjective
- /tɛɡˈmɛntəl/
- Specialized
- As far as we know, it's a stimulation of the brain's ventral tegmental area and caudate nucleus.
- ventral tegmental
- tegmental area
- tegmental tract
Examples
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All drugs of abuse affect the area of the brain that is comprised of the ventral tegmental area, nucleus accumbens, and prefrontal cortex.
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Note that the ipsilateral hypertrophic degeneration of the inferior olivary nucleus compromises the central tegmental tract.
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That is the ventral tegmental area.
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And let's see the one on the left shows ventral tegmental area on the left and the caudate nucleus on the right.
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The PFC is also a brain structure that receives dopaminergic innervation from the ventral tegmental area.
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Our patient exhibited the classic signs and symptoms of palatal myoclonus, which correlated with imaging findings involving the central tegmental tract.
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The ventral tegmental area plays a crucial role in the brain's reward system.
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Researchers have identified the ventral tegmental area as key in regulating motivational behaviors.
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The ventral tegmental area is involved in the processing of rewarding stimuli.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tegmental comes from the Latin tegmentum, which means 'covering' and from tegere 'to cover'. The same root appears in integument, a word for a protective 'covering' like skin, so tegmental means relating to a covering part of the brainstem or other protective layers in animals.