substantia nigra
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English
Etymology
Scientific Latin, from substantia (“substance”) + nigra (“black”).
Noun
substantia nigra (plural substantiae nigrae or substantia nigras)
- (anatomy) A brain structure located in the mesencephalon (midbrain) that plays an important role in reward, addiction, and movement, damage to which occurs in Parkinson's and Parkinsonian patients.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 551:
- Their location was established in the 1950s as the substantia nigra, a layer of grey matter in the midbrain.
Synonyms
Meronyms
- (midbrain brain structure): pars compacta, pars reticulata
Translations
brain structure
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