SUBSTANTIA NIGRA


Meaning of SUBSTANTIA NIGRA in English

noun (plural substantiae nigrae) Etymology: New Latin, literally, black substance Date: circa 1882 a layer of deeply pigmented gray matter situated in the midbrain and containing the cell bodies of a tract of dopamine-producing nerve cells whose secretion tends to be deficient in Parkinson's disease

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