How to Use ventral in a Sentence

ventral

adjective
  • The first, a circle where the hemispheres meet, is the ventral striatum.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Blazars are a ventral hub of power and light within these galaxies that aren’t powered by stars.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The mesolimbic pathway channels dopamine from the ventral tegmental area to the ventral striatum, home to the nucleus accumbens—the brain’s pleasure hub.
    — Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • When their team succeeded, the ventral striatum lit up, signaling pleasure center activation.
    — Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The brain’s dorsal attention network and ventral attention network are activated next.
    — Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The initially soft capsule is further processed in a specialized structure called the ventral pedal gland near the muscular foot of the whelk, which cross-links the capsule proteins and hardens the structure before it is laid.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
  • At the same time, experiences of acceptance were linked with activity in the ventral striatum – a region well known for processing financial and social rewards, such as money, praise or smiles.
    — Begüm Babür, The Conversation, 9 June 2025
  • When your team wins, the ventral striatum—that critical node in the brain’s reward pathway—erupts in a euphoric burst, akin to achieving a personal milestone, despite no actual direct involvement with the team.
    — Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Neuroscience confirms that a rival’s failure actually activates the ventral striatum, the brain’s pleasure center, rivaling the thrill of a team’s success.
    — Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The sharks are known to have lower blood pressure compared with other species; that fact, along with the distinct structure of their ventral aorta, could keep their heart muscle elastic despite the damage caused by age, the researchers speculated.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
  • Equipped with a ventral air intake, the missile is believed to sustain powered hypersonic flight at Mach 10 or higher, giving it longer range and greater flexibility than boost-glide systems.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In total, the scientists placed 256 microelectrode arrays in three brain regions, chief among them the ventral precentral gyrus, which plays a key role in controlling the muscles underlying speech.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2025
  • Working with 85 participants, the researchers first trained everyone to increase the activity in their brains' ventral tegmental area (VTA), a region that is part of the brain's reward system.
    — New Atlas, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Then, using a technique called chemogenetics, whereby scientists can use drugs to control specific brain cells, the researchers suppressed a circuit between two brain regions called the ventral striatum and the ventral pallidum—both are known to be involved in motivation.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2026

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