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Look up: Hippocampus


  1. Hippocampus
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    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_(anatomy)

  2. Hippocampus
    [disambiguation] The hippocampus is an anatomical subdivision of the brain. For much of the 19th century it was known as the hippocampus major, while the adjacent calcar avis was described as the hippocampus minor. A dispute about the calcar avis in the 1860s was satirised as the Great Hippo...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_(disambiguation)

  3. Hippocampus
    A seahorse-shaped structure located within the brain and considered an important part of the limbic system. It functions in learning, memory and emotion.
    Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/glossary.shtml

  4. Hippocampus
    part of the limbic system, it seems to provide a spatial map, useful in the event of a sudden need to escape from an unpleasant sensory experience.
    Found op http://www.eclipse.co.uk/moordent/page5.html

  5. Hippocampus
    [n] - a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of gray matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle 2. [n] - seahorses
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=Hippocampus

  6. Hippocampus
    Hippocampus: An area buried deep in the forebrain that helps regulate emotion and memory. Functionally, the hippocampus is part of the olfactory cortex, that part of the cerebral cortex essential to the sense of smell. Certain antidepressants (such as fluoxetine, or Prozac) influence the birth of ne...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=3757

  7. hippocampus
    Area of mammalian brain, and an important preparation for the study of neuronal plasticity. The hippocampus has been known since the 1950s to be important for long-term memory storage in humans and other mammals; it is essential for initial storing of long-term memory for a period of days to weeks b...
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  8. Hippocampus
    Hip`po·cam'pus noun [ Latin , the sea horse, Greek ... a hippocampus (in senses 1 and 2); 'i`ppos horse + ... to bend.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolp...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/47

  9. hippocampus
    <anatomy> Area of mammallian brain and an important preparation for the study of synaptic plasticity. The hippocampus has been known since the 1950s to be important for long term memory storage in humans and other mammals, it is essential for initial storing of long-term memory for a period of...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?hippocampus

  10. Hippocampus
    genus Hippocampus noun seahorses
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Hippocampus

  11. hippocampus
    noun 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...
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hippocampus

  12. hippocampus
    (hip″o-kam´pәs) a curved elevation of gray matter on the floor of the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle; it is an important functional component of the limbic system.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001



  1. Hippocampus
    • (n.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse. • (n.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirost...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/hippocampus/

  2. hippocampus
    (from the article `nervous system`) ...and learning. At first the neopallium expands to envelop the other brain structures. The archipallium becomes folded into a small area on the ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/52

  3. hippocampus
    hippocampus 1. A sea-horse, having two fore-feet, and the body ending in a dolphin's or fish's tail, represented as drawing the chariot of Neptune and other sea-deities. 2. A genus of small fish having a head shaped somewhat like that of a horse; the sea-horse. 3. An area buried deep in the forebr...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/987/

  4. Hippocampus
    The hippocampus is a major component of the brains of humans and other vertebrates. It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial navigation. Humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in e...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus

  5. Hippocampus
    - part of the limbic system, it seems to provide a spatial map, useful in the event of a sudden need to escape from an unpleasant sensory experience.
    Found op http://www.eclipse.co.uk/moordent/page5.html

  6. hippocampus
    A part of the vertebrate brain consisting of two ridges, one over each of the two lateral ventricles. It is high developed in advanced mammals (primates and whales) and is involved in the early stages of memory formation. It is one of the first regions of the brain to be damaged in Alzheimer's disea...
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/H/hippocampus.html

  7. Hippocampus
    Hippocampus (the Sea-Horse) is a genus of fish closely allied to the pipe-fish, of singular construction and peculiar habits. The upper parts look rather like a horse's head and neck in miniature. When swimming they maintain a vertical position. They are generally about 15 centimetres to 25 centimet...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BH.HTM

  8. hippocampus
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hip′ō-kam′pŭs Definitions: 1. The complex, internally convoluted structure that forms the medial margin ('hem') of the cortical mantle of the cerebral hemisphere, bordering the choroid fissure of the lateral ventricle, and composed of two gyri (Ammon h...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=41044

  9. hippocampus
    Greek hippokampos = a sea-horse, hence, the curled shape of the hippocampus in coronal section; adjective - hippocampal.
    Found op http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/glossary.cgi?

  10. Hippocampus
    A seahorse-shaped structure located within the brain and considered an important part of the limbic system. One of the most studied areas of the brain, it functions in learning, memory, and emotion.
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  11. Hippocampus
    [journal] Hippocampus is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal founded in 1991. It is published by John Wiley & Sons, and according to its Statement of Aims, "provides a forum for the exchange of current information between investigators interested in the neurobiology of the hippocampal...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_(journal)

  12. Hippocampus
    [Dungeons & Dragons] In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the hippocampus is a type of magical beast. ==Publication history== The hippocampus first appeared in the first edition in the original Monster Manual (1977). The hippocampus appeared in second edition Advanced Dungeon...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_(Dungeons_&_Dragons)

  13. hippocampus
    1) Neural structure
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/hippocampus/1

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