Pallidostriatal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pallidostriatal is an adjective meaning (anatomy) Relating to the globus pallidus and the striatum.
Meaning
(anatomy) Relating to the globus pallidus and the striatum.
Example Sentences
Retrograde labeling identifies ~17% of pallidostriatal neurons as PV +, at least a subset of which also innervate the STN and SNr. Optogenetic experiments in acute brain slices demonstrate that the PV + pallidostriatal axons make potent inhibitory synapses on low threshold spiking (LTS) and fast-spiking interneurons (FS) in the striatum, but rarely on spiny projection neurons (SPNs).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pallidosubthalamic, pallidal, pallidocortical, striatopallidal, pallidotegmental, pallidothalamic.
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