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hippocampus

[ UK /hˈɪpəkˌæmpəs/ ]
[ US /ˌhɪpoʊˈkæmpəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories

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  • Hippocampus pontohi, named after Indonesian dive guide Hence Pontoh, is distinguished from other congeners in having a combination of: extremely small size (height 14 mm, standard length 17 mm); 12 trunk rings; 26-28 tail rings; reduced ossification of inferior and ventral trunk ridges; 14 dorsal fin rays; 9-10 pectoral fin rays; anal fin small or absent; brooding area in males anterior to anus; medium length snout which lacks a bulbous tip; raised, angular coronet; fused or almost fused gill-openings on midline behind coronet supported by raised cleithral girdle; scattered tubercles on trunk and tail; distinctive branching filaments Practical Fishkeeping news (RSS)
  • Someone called it hippocampus, meaning "seahorse," what it resembled when the skull was opened to an arbitrary page, the dull grey text of the brain almost unreadable in the absent light. The Great Whatsit
  • The hippocampus, fornix, and mamillary bodies have an integral role in memory and learning.
  • Sophisticated neuroimaging shows the brains of those who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to be abnormal in areas regulating memory retrieval and inhibition (hippocampus), fearfulness and focus (pre-frontal cortex), and emotionality and lability (amygdala). And here’s another way to look at it: « Dating Jesus
  • Hippocampus satomiae is distinguished from congeners in having a combination of: extremely small size (height 11 mm, standard length 14 mm); 12 trunk rings; 27-28 tail rings; reduced ossification of inferior and ventral trunk ridges; 13 dorsal fin rays; 9 pectoral fin rays; anal fin small or absent; brooding area in males anterior to anus; well-developed spine on snout between eyes; distinct raised coronet with laterally expanded anterior and posterior flanges ( 'H-shaped' when viewed from above); snout without a bulbous tip; single gill opening on midline directly behind coronet supported by raised cleithral bone; large spines above eyes Practical Fishkeeping news (RSS)
  • These outlines coincided with the part of the brain known as the hippocampus, from the Greek word for sea horse.
  • In this note they frankly admitted the justice of the criticisms of M. Gratiolet, quoted above, and they illustrated, by new and careful figures, the posterior lobe, the posterior cornu, and the hippocampus minor of the Orang. Essays
  • They have observed the growth of neurons in the dentate gyrus, a portion of the hippocampus (which controls learning and short term memory), in mice that were placed in a stimulating environment.
  • The MRI scans were used to quantify total volume of the cerebrum, lateral ventricles, hippocampus and amygdala.
  • This includes dissociating memories of trauma, hypnotic regression to recover ‘repressed’ memories and the idea that elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol can shrink the hippocampus, a brain region associated with memory.
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