caudate

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This is infused deep into the brain using real-time MRI scanning to guide a microcatheter to two brain regions - the caudate nucleus and the putamen.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

Researchers found that the brain region associated with positive rewards, the caudate nucleus, was most activated by the scent of their familiar human; the study was published in the journal Behavioural Processes in 2014.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2021

These included the caudate nucleus, part of the reward system, and an ancient brain area called the ventral tegmental area, or VTA.

From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2019

It was most severe in the caudate nucleus and putamen, and appeared less severe in thalamus and it was least prominent in the globus pallidus.

From Nature • Sep. 8, 2015

The caudate nucleus appeared to be of bolder contour on the right side.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.