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MeSH Heading: Hippocampus
Tree Number(s): A08.186.211.180.405; A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.345
Unique ID: D006624
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006624
Scope Note: A curved elevation of GRAY MATTER extending the entire length of the floor of the TEMPORAL HORN of the LATERAL VENTRICLE (see also TEMPORAL LOBE). The hippocampus proper, subiculum, and DENTATE GYRUS constitute the hippocampal formation. Sometimes authors include the ENTORHINAL CORTEX in the hippocampal formation.
Entry Term(s): Ammon Horn; Ammon's Horn; Cornu Ammonis; Hippocampal Formation; Hippocampus Proper; Subiculum
NLM Classification #: WL 314
See Also: Entorhinal Cortex; Perforant Pathway
Public MeSH Note: 2015; see under HIPPOCAMPUS1966-2014
History Note: 2015(1966)
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/04/13

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Concept UI: M0010374
Scope Note: A curved elevation of GRAY MATTER extending the entire length of the floor of the TEMPORAL HORN of the LATERAL VENTRICLE (see also TEMPORAL LOBE). The hippocampus proper, subiculum, and DENTATE GYRUS constitute the hippocampal formation. Sometimes authors include the ENTORHINAL CORTEX in the hippocampal formation.
Terms: Hippocampus Preferred Term
Term UI T019934
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Ammon's Horn
Term UI T019935
Date10/28/1994
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Cornu Ammonis
Term UI T019936
Date10/28/1994
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Ammon Horn
Term UI T363710
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Hippocampus Proper
Term UI T858472
Date04/15/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015)

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