hippocampal
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of hippocampal
First recorded in 1830–40; hippocamp(us) + -al 1
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When comparing a hippocampal section from a patient with Alzheimer's disease to a healthy sample, the team observed clear structural deterioration.
From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025
Animal studies have shown long-term effects on neuroinflammation and even changes in hippocampal structure.
From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2025
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
In the reptilian cerebrum the hippocampal region, the pallium marginale, coexists in addition.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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