hippocampaladj.
/ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkampl/, U.S. /ˌhɪpəˈkæmp(ə)l/ Anatomy and Physiology.
Of or relating to the hippocampus (hippocampus n. 3a).
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ventriculoperitoneal1913
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1837 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 127 91 The inferior surface of the hippocampal commissure.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 269 The anterior end of the hippocampal gyrus.
1937 Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry 38 737 One can infer that hippocampal activity....regulates attitudes of emotional expression.
1994 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. c1/3 Just at the time when the birds are confronting profound changes in their landscape, their social milieu and their memory requirements, they have a huge turnover in hippocampal neurons, the old cells dying off and new ones taking their place.
2012 C. Fernyhough Pieces of Light (2013) iii. 55 Greater activation in the amygdala and hippocampal regions for personally significant memories that are odour-cued..fits with the neuroanatomical evidence that the smell system has a direct line in to the memory and emotion networks of the limbic system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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