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Preferred term

Hippocampus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Ammon Horn
  • Ammon's Horn
  • Ammons Horn
  • Cornu Ammonis
  • Hippocampus Proper
  • Hippocampus Propers
  • Horn, Ammon
  • Horn, Ammon's
  • Proper, Hippocampus
  • Propers, Hippocampus

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2015(1966)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006624

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