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hippocampal

American

[hip-uh-kam-puhl] / ˌhɪp əˈkæm pəl /

adjective

Anatomy.

of or relating to the hippocampus.

Other Word Forms

posthippocampal adjective

Etymology

Origin of hippocampal

First recorded in 1830–40; hippocamp(us) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

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"Now accessible on hippocampushub.eu, this model serves as a flexible tool for scientists, providing extensive analyses and an interface to support further hippocampal research."

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

Next the team will tackle the mouse hippocampal formation, which is important to neuroscience for its role in memory and neurological disease.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2024

Importantly, sharp wave-ripples are known to be made up the firing of hippocampal "place cells" in a specific order that encodes every room we enter, and each arm of a maze entered by a mouse.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2024

But in this population of hippocampal neurons, the DNA damage appeared to be more substantial and sustained.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

Just in front of the anterior end of the calcarine fissure the callosal gyrus is constricted to form the isthmus which connects it with the hippocampal or uncinate gyrus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

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