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Glossary Neuroanatomy / Term

Substantia nigra

A large nucleus with motor functions in the midbrain consisting of two parts; many of the constituent cells in the pars compacta contain dark melanin pigment. These neurons degenerate in Parkinson’s disease; the pars reticulata is an output nucleus of the basal ganglia.

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