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ventral

[ven-truhl] / ˈvɛn trəl /
ADJECTIVE
abdominal
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To understand how these experiences can physically alter the developing brain, the researchers focused on the ventral tegmental area.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

It is called the ventral hippocampus, which is responsible for learning, emotions, fear and memory.

From Salon Feb. 22, 2025

Employing patch-clamp electrophysiology, researchers elucidated changes in neuronal excitability in the medial habenula and ventral tegmental area based on nicotine dosage and sex.

From Science Daily Feb. 13, 2024

“While enrolled trilobite fossils are really common, we don’t have any of the ventral soft tissue preserved,” said Sarah Losso, a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard University who specializes in trilobite evolution.

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2023

P. supìna, L. Stems decumbent at base or erect, often stout, leafy, subvillous; leaflets pinnately 5–11, obovate or oblong; cyme loose, leafy; stamens 20; achenes strongly gibbous on the ventral side.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray




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