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Preferred term

Hippocampus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A curved elevation of GRAY MATTER extending the entire length of the floor of the TEMPORAL HORN of the LATERAL VENTRICLE (see also TEMPORAL LOBE). The hippocampus proper, subiculum, and DENTATE GYRUS constitute the hippocampal formation. Sometimes authors include the ENTORHINAL CORTEX in the hippocampal formation.

Entry terms

  • Ammon Horn
  • Ammon's Horn
  • Cornu Ammonis
  • Hippocampus Proper

In other languages

  • French

  • Corne d'Ammon
  • Grand hippocampe
  • Hippocampus

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DCTX486J-9

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