substantia nigra

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substantia nigra

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Scientific Latin, from substantia (“substance”) + nigra (“black”).

noun substantiae nigrae · substantia nigras

A brain structure located in the mesencephalon (midbrain) that plays an important role in reward, addiction, and movement, damage to which occurs in Parkinson's and Parkinsonian patients. Their location was established in the 1950s as the substantia nigra, a layer of grey matter in the midbrain.
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noun brain structure

日本語	黒質 kokushitsu
中文	黑質 /黑质 hēizhì
Français	substantia nigra
Deutsch	Substantia nigra
Ελληνικά	μέλαινα ουσία mélaina ousía
Русский	чёрная субста́нция čórnaja substáncija
العربية	مَادَّة سَوْدَاء

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@misc{substantia_nigra_2026,
  title = {substantia nigra},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/substantia%20nigra},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}