 Substantia Nigra
"Substantia Nigra" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The black substance in the ventral midbrain or the nucleus of cells containing the black substance. These cells produce DOPAMINE, an important neurotransmitter in regulation of the sensorimotor system and mood. The dark colored MELANIN is a by-product of dopamine synthesis.
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D013378
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.659.413.656
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| Concept/Terms |
Substantia Nigra- Substantia Nigra
- Nigra, Substantia
- Nigras, Substantia
- Substantia Nigras
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Substantia Nigra" by people in Profiles.
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McNiel DB, Choi JS, Hessburg JP, Francis JT. Reward value is encoded in primary somatosensory cortex and can be decoded from neural activity during performance of a psychophysical task. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2016 Aug; 2016:3064-3067.
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Warren Olanow C, Bartus RT, Baumann TL, Factor S, Boulis N, Stacy M, Turner DA, Marks W, Larson P, Starr PA, Jankovic J, Simpson R, Watts R, Guthrie B, Poston K, Henderson JM, Stern M, Baltuch G, Goetz CG, Herzog C, Kordower JH, Alterman R, Lozano AM, Lang AE. Gene delivery of neurturin to putamen and substantia nigra in Parkinson disease: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. Ann Neurol. 2015 Aug; 78(2):248-57.
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Roysam B, Ancin H, Bhattacharjya AK, Chisti MA, Seegal R, Turner JN. Algorithms for automated characterization of cell populations in thick specimens from 3-D confocal fluorescence microscopy data. J Microsc. 1994 Feb; 173(Pt 2):115-26.
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