Sentences with substantia-nigra

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The brain regions of the substantia nigra, basal ganglia and caudate nucleus-putamen are overstimulated in those with OCD.

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Dopamine is a natural chemical substance that is produced from the amino acid tyrosine by a mid-brain structure called the substantia nigra.

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In Parkinson’s disease, dopamine-containing cells in the substantia nigra degenerate and die out.

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This occurs in a part of the brain called the _substantia nigra**_.