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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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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

The team utilized innovative techniques -- including in vitro reconstructions of hippocampal subregions and microfluidic tunnels for single axon communication -- to observe spontaneous spindle waves in isolated hippocampal neurons.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024

For the current study, successive maze runs by study mice were tracked via electrodes by populations of hippocampal cells that constantly changed over time despite recording very similar experiences.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2024

There is some slight evidence of a connexion between this sense and a region of the hippocampal gyrus near to but behind that related to smell.

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

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