nigraladj.
/ˈnʌɪɡr(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈnaɪɡr(ə)l/ Anatomy and Physiology.
Of or relating to the substantia nigra of the brain.
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1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 97 242/2 A contralateral sustained postural tremor was associated with the..interruption of ascending fibres from nigral origin.
1980 Exper. Neurol. 68 259 The present experiments were designed to evaluate what effects a descending nigral pathway would have on the excitability of neck afferent fibers at the cervical spinal cord level.
1993 Life Extension Update July 2 The treatment of Parkinson's disease seems to be moving slowly from mere symptomatic therapy to one which is aiming for protection of the nigral cells.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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