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- adjective biology Outside the
corpus striatum .
Etymologies
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extra- + striatal
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Examples
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The thalamus contains the highest levels of dopamine D2 receptors out of all extrastriatal brain regions.
Science and Reason 2010
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Riccardi P, Zald D, Li R, Park S, Ansari MS, et al. (2006) Sex differences in amphetamine-induced displacement of [(18) F] fallypride in striatal and extrastriatal regions: a PET study.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Manuela Fumagalli et al. 2010
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