Associations to the word «Hippocampus»
Noun
- Insulin
- Taxi
- Mem
- Signaling
- Patient
- Avoidance
- Tissue
- Slice
- Emotion
- Storage
- Nerve
- Level
- Periphery
- Peptide
- Tory
- Maze
- Tract
- Scalp
- Ape
- Extinction
- Depression
- Affect
- Expression
- Function
- Modulation
- Gage
- Inability
- Anxiety
- Correlation
- Minor
- Firing
- Axis
- Researcher
- Gamma
- Representation
- Proliferation
- Human
- Mechanism
- Owen
- Disorder
- Circuit
- Response
- Spine
- Role
- Abbreviation
- Convergence
- Activity
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- Cue
- Retention
- Rhythm
- Finding
- Behavior
- Connection
- Suppression
- Signal
- Study
- Trauma
- Binding
- Task
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Adjective
Wiktionary
HIPPOCAMPUS, noun. A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a dolphin; a hippocamp.
HIPPOCAMPUS, noun. (anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion. So named because of its resemblance to the seahorse.
HIPPOCAMPUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Syngnathidae — the seahorses.
Dictionary definition
HIPPOCAMPUS, noun. A complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories.
HIPPOCAMPUS, noun. Seahorses.
Wise words
The words of truth are simple.