word
hippocampus
hip-oh-KAM-pus
ˌhɪpoʊˈkæmpəsListen
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hippocampus
Dictionary meaning
seahorse-shaped structure in the medial temporal lobe critical for the formation of new declarative memories and spatial navigation; heavily damaged in early Alzheimer's disease; exhibits neurogenesis in adults; hippocampal neurons called place cells fire when an organism is at a specific location, forming a cognitive map of the environment
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