1) English-language journal 2) Greek legendary creature 3) Heraldic beast 4) Mythological hybrid 5) Neural structure
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• (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 brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to t...
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A seahorse-shaped structure located within the brain and considered an important part of the limbic system. It functions in learning, memory and emotion.
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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 is involved in learning, memory, and emotion.
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(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 ...
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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...
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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.
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<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 days to weeks before the memory trace is consolid...
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(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.
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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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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 before the memory trace is consolidated elsewhere. Also the site of long-term synaptic plasticity (see long-term potentiation) which is exhibited by defined synaptic pathways in the hippocampus.
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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 dolphin or other fish ( Hippocampus brevirostris
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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 new neurons in the hippocampus. The hippocampus is s...
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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 centimetres long and are found mainly in the Mediterranean...
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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 forebrain that helps regulate emotion and memory. Functi...
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genus Hippocampus noun seahorses
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Greek hippokampos = a sea-horse, hence, the curled shape of the hippocampus in coronal section; adjective - hippocampal.
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The part of the limbic system that is involved in the acquisition of explicit memory.
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A part of the brain that is important for learning and memory.
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Area in the forebrain while controls emotion and memory, particularly short-term memory.
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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 new neurons in the hippocampus. The hippocampus is so-called beca...
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a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish. · an enfolding of cerebral cortex into the lateral fissure of a cerebral hemisphere, having the shape in cross section of a sea horse.
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Area of the limbic system important for memory.
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A part of the limbic system involved in memory.
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This is the region of the brain responsible for emotion and short-term memory.
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