Bent like a bow, bow-shaped; spec. applied to nerve-fibres passing from the brain to the spinal cord through the medulla oblongata.

used as combining form of stria, n., in adjectives (Anatomy and Physiology) with the sense ‘pertaining to the striatum and something else’, as stri…

Of the synapses or nerve-fibres: liberating acetylcholine; also, stimulated by acetylcholine.

Designating a tract of unmyelinated nerve fibres running from the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus to the posterior part of…

used as combining form of stria, n., in adjectives (Anatomy and Physiology) with the sense ‘pertaining to the striatum and something else’, as stri…

Of, relating to, or designating neurons and neural pathways that utilize a purine, esp. a purine nucleotide, as a neurotransmitter. Later also…