SUBSTANTIA NIGRA


Meaning of SUBSTANTIA NIGRA in English

[sub.stan.tia ni.gra] n, pl sub.stan.ti.ae ni.grae [NL, lit., black substance] (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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