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hippocampus
Hippocampus
Bilateral archicortical structure in the medial temporal lobe, critical for episodic memory encoding, spatial navigation, and emotional memory. Contains CA1–CA4 pyramidal neurons and dentate gyrus granule cells forming the trisynaptic entorhinal-hippocampal circuit.
Entry Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | hippocampus |
| Name | Hippocampus |
| Status | draft |
| Last reviewed | 2026-06-05 |
| Atlas | 01-human |
| Scale | 05-tissue |