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formatio hippocampalis for·ma·ti·o hip·po·cam·pa·'lishippocampal formation. See: hippocampus. hippocampal formation An imprecisely defined structure in the medial temporal lobe of the brain, which is thought to play a central role in memory, spatial coding and in control of attention. In its narrowest definition, it includes the dentate gyrus, the hippocampus proper and the subiculum; some authors also include the presubiculum, parasubiculum and entorhinal cortex. |