Usually means: Dopamine-producing area in midbrain.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Pars compacta)

noun:  The pars compacta (SNpc) is one of two subdivisions of the substantia nigra of the midbrain (the other being the pars reticulata); it is situated medial to the pars reticulata.


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