mesolimbic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English limbic English mesolimbic From meso- + limbic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Relating to the middle part of the limbic system.
“The mesocortical, mesolimbic, and nigrostriatal dopamine pathways are what the call the reward pathways, all right? They’re the ones that activate when we’re expecting or receiving a reward.”
2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 154:
Deriveds
mesolimbic pathway · corticomesolimbic
Translations (2)
es mesolímbico (relating to the middle part of the limbic system) · pt mesolímbico (relating to the middle part of the limbic system)