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Hippocampus
Definition 1
A curved gray matter structure of the temporal lobe lying on the floor of the lateral ventricle of the brain. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A curved elevation of gray matter extending the entire length of the floor of the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle (Dorland, 28th ed). The hippocampus, subiculum, and DENTATE GYRUS constitute the hippocampal formation. Sometimes authors include the ENTORHINAL CORTEX in the hippocampal formation. (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Definition 3
a layer of gray matter lying along the floor of the lateral ventricle of the brain, comprised of cholinergic and possibly glutamatergic fibers, believed to be the critical brain structure underlying learning and memory. (NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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