caudate
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- caudation noun
Etymology
Origin of caudate
1590–1600; < New Latin caudātus, equivalent to Latin caud ( a ) tail + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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This is infused deep into the brain using real-time MRI scanning to guide a microcatheter to two brain regions - the caudate nucleus and the putamen.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025
Researchers found that the brain region associated with positive rewards, the caudate nucleus, was most activated by the scent of their familiar human; the study was published in the journal Behavioural Processes in 2014.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2021
These included the caudate nucleus, part of the reward system, and an ancient brain area called the ventral tegmental area, or VTA.
From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2019
It was most severe in the caudate nucleus and putamen, and appeared less severe in thalamus and it was least prominent in the globus pallidus.
From Nature • Sep. 8, 2015
The cerebral hemispheres are also large, owing chiefly to the great size of the corpora striata, which already show a differentiation into caudate nucleus, putamen and globus pallidus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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