substantia nigra
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Origin of substantia nigra
1880–85; < New Latin: black substance
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The condition is a progressive disorder that is caused by the death of nerve cells in the part of the brain called the substantia nigra, which controls movement.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
It affects neurons in a specific area of the brain called the substantia nigra.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2022
“There are estrogen receptors on the substantia nigra, so women with higher estrogens might be somewhat protected,” Langston says.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2021
In a 2012 study, he and colleagues showed in a mouse model of Parkinson’s that NIR light shined into mice’s heads protected dopamine-producing cells in the substantia nigra from a neurotoxin.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 17, 2020
It is thought to depend upon some connexion, not yet anatomically demonstrated, between the third cranial nerve and its nucleus in the floor of the iter and the substantia nigra.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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