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hippocampus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | genus hippocampus |
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hippocampus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories
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| Type of | neural structure |
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Damage to the hippocampus often results in hyperactivity and cognitive deficits.
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The right hippocampus, however, was activated only during the route memory test.
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They found that embryos lacking Lhx5 function developed a malformed hippocampus.
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Tissue-type plasminogen activator is a neuroprotectant in the mouse hippocampus.
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Memories in rats and humans are first processed in the hippocampus of the brain.
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These scientists recorded signals in the hippocampus as the rats learned a task.
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The place cells are found in the hippocampus, part of the brain's temporal lobe.
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They have been compared to the hippocampus, a site of memory formation in humans.
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Consequently fewer connections being formed or strengthened in the hippocampus.
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- A complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories
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- The hippocampus is a major component of the brains of humans and other mammals. It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in long-term memory and spatial navigation. ...
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- Hippocampus is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal founded in 1991. It is published by John Wiley & Sons, and according to its Statement of Aims, "provides a forum for the exchange of current information between investigators interested in the neurobiology of the hippocampal formation and ...
- The hippocampus or hippocamp, also hippokampoi (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; Greek: u1F31u03C0u03C0u03CCu03BAu03B1u03BCu03C0u03BFu03C2, from u1F35u03C0u03C0u03BFu03C2, "horse" and u03BAu03ACu03BCu03C0u03BFu03C2, "monster"), often called a sea-horse in English, is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician and Greek mythology, though the name by which it is recognised is purely Greek. It was also adopted into Etruscan mythology...
- The portion of the limbic system in the brain that integrates incoming nerve impulses to the hypothalamus, and is also the memory center of the brain.
- With the amygdala, the septum, and parts of the cortex, comprises the brain?s limbic system; hippocampus is partly responsible for memory.
- A brain structure that is involved in emotions, motivation, and learning. It plays an important role for short-term (working) memory and is crucial for our ability to form long-term memories.
