English

Adjective

striatal ‎(not comparable)

1. (biology) Pertaining to the corpus striatum.
   • 2009 February 6, Fiona McNab et al., “Changes in Cortical Dopamine D1 Receptor Binding Associated with Cognitive Training”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, DOI:10.1126/science.1166102, pages 800-802:

     The availability of dopamine can lead to the translocation of dopamine D1 receptors from the cytosol to the plasma membrane ( 22 ), and down-regulation of striatal dopamine D2 receptors has been shown to occur after 7 days of motor training in developing rats ( 23 ).

Derived terms

• extrastriatal
• striatally

Anagrams

• rattails