striatal
English
Etymology
striate + -al, from Latin striatum, past participle of strio (“to groove”)
Adjective
striatal (not comparable)
- (biology) Pertaining to the corpus striatum.
- 2009 February 6, Fiona McNab et al., “Changes in Cortical Dopamine D1 Receptor Binding Associated with Cognitive Training”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, DOI: , pages 800-802:
- The availability of dopamine can lead to the translocation of dopamine D1 receptors from the cytosol to the plasma membrane ( 22 ), and down-regulation of striatal dopamine D2 receptors has been shown to occur after 7 days of motor training in developing rats ( 23 ).
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Derived terms
- extrastriatal
- striatally
Anagrams
- altarist, rat-tails, rattails