ventral

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"Nibblerids can also engulf whole prey, but more characteristically feed by a unique behaviour whereby they bite off and ingest a part of a large prey cell by closing their ventral groove," the authors wrote.

From Salon

Deep brain stimulation requires a neurosurgical procedure to place thin electrodes into deep structures of the brain, specifically a region known as the ventral capsule/ventral striatum.

From Salon

Neuroimaging shows that the ventral striatum, a brain region that plays a key role in processing rewarding outcomes, is more strongly activated when we achieve something through higher effort than lower effort.

From Washington Post

The patient’s ventral hernia was estimated to be 30 centimeters by 20 cm, one of the largest hernias ever repaired by the surgeon I was working with.

From Scientific American

When the team activated a site deep in Sarah’s brain in a reward-related area called the ventral striatum, she had an immediate reaction.

From Scientific American