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Nigrostriatal

Meaning: Describing the dopamine pathway running from the substantia nigra to the caudate and putamen that is lost in Parkinson's disease.

In practice: Degeneration of the nigrostriatal pathway causes the bradykinesia and rigidity of Parkinson's disease.

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