Get to know Mesolimbic better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.
Mesolimbic in a sentence
Mesolimbic meaning
Relating to the middle part of the limbic system.
Using Mesolimbic
- The main meaning on this page is: Relating to the middle part of the limbic system.
- In the example corpus, mesolimbic often appears in combinations such as: mesolimbic pathway, the mesolimbic.
Context around Mesolimbic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mesolimbic
- In this selection, "mesolimbic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, accumbens, pathway and dopamine stand out and add context to how "mesolimbic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by the mesolimbic dopamine pathway and in the mesolimbic pathway an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mesolimbic" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mesolimbic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Excess release of dopamine in the mesolimbic pathway has been linked to psychotic experiences. (14 words)
This cotransmission effect was found in the mesolimbic pathway, an area of the brain implicated in reward, where amphetamine is known to affect dopamine neurotransmission. (25 words)
Dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area (bottom part of the "midbrain" or mesencephalon) to the prefrontal cortex (mesocortical pathway) and to the nucleus accumbens (mesolimbic pathway - "meso" referring to "from the mesencephalon".. (33 words)
One action causes the dopamine molecules to be released from inside the vesicles into the cytoplasm of the nerve terminal, which are then transported outside by the mesolimbic dopamine pathway to the nucleus accumbens. (34 words)
Dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area (bottom part of the "midbrain" or mesencephalon) to the prefrontal cortex (mesocortical pathway) and to the nucleus accumbens (mesolimbic pathway - "meso" referring to "from the mesencephalon".. (33 words)
This cotransmission effect was found in the mesolimbic pathway, an area of the brain implicated in reward, where amphetamine is known to affect dopamine neurotransmission. (25 words)
Example sentences (4)
Dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area (bottom part of the "midbrain" or mesencephalon) to the prefrontal cortex (mesocortical pathway) and to the nucleus accumbens (mesolimbic pathway - "meso" referring to "from the mesencephalon"..
Excess release of dopamine in the mesolimbic pathway has been linked to psychotic experiences.
One action causes the dopamine molecules to be released from inside the vesicles into the cytoplasm of the nerve terminal, which are then transported outside by the mesolimbic dopamine pathway to the nucleus accumbens.
This cotransmission effect was found in the mesolimbic pathway, an area of the brain implicated in reward, where amphetamine is known to affect dopamine neurotransmission.
Common combinations with mesolimbic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: