hippocampal
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of hippocampal
First recorded in 1830–40; hippocamp(us) + -al 1
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"It's like lifting a veil on the brain's internal architecture. These hidden layers may explain differences in how hippocampal circuits support learning and memory."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2025
Animal studies have shown long-term effects on neuroinflammation and even changes in hippocampal structure.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2025
However, since exercise impacts the brain and body in many different ways, it wasn't clear whether the effect of exercise was due to hippocampal circuit rewiring by neurogenesis, or other factors.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 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
Rhinencephalon designates the regions which are pre-eminently olfactory in function: the olfactory bulb, its peduncle, the tuberculum olfactorium and locus perforatus, the pyriform lobe, the paraterminal body, and the whole hippocampal formation.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Havelock Ellis
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