hippocampal
Brain's memory center
Hippocampal describes something relating to the hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped structure deep in the brain essential for forming new memories and spatial navigation: hippocampal damage, hippocampal neurons.
The term appears primarily in neuroscience and medical contexts: MRI scans revealed hippocampal atrophy consistent with Alzheimer's disease.
Emotion-processing brain cluster
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- limbic systemEmotional brain structures
- entorhinal cortexMedial temporal lobe structure
- fornixArched anatomical structure
CA1 · temporal lobe · gyrus · sulcus · grey matter · white matter · cerebrum · brainstem
Occurring in distinct segments
- declarativeStating rather than asking
- spatialRelating to physical extent
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- encodingConverting data to format
retrieval · recall · long-term · short-term · autobiographical · semantic · engram · forgetting
Degenerative brain disease
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- epilepsyBrain disorder causing seizures
- sclerosisMorbid tissue hardening
- atrophyWasting from disuse
seizures · ischemia · hypoxia · neurodegeneration · tau · amyloid · inflammation · stroke
Magnetic neural activity imaging
- EEGNeural activity recording
- electrophysiologyBiology's electrical activity science
- neuroimagingVisualizing nervous system structure
- in vivoWithin living tissue
in vitro · biomarkers · volumetric · atrophy · MRI · PET · neuropsychological · electrode
Small fish, vertical swimmer
New nerve cell formation
- LTDCapitalized corporate abbreviation
- BDNFNerve cell growth protein
- glutamateExcitatory neural transmitter
- neuroplasticityBrain's self-rewiring ability
potentiation · remodeling · stem cells · proliferation · differentiation
amygdala
Emotion-processing brain cluster
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- limbic systemEmotional brain structures
- entorhinal cortexMedial temporal lobe structure
CA1 · fornix · temporal lobe · gyrus · sulcus · grey matter · white matter · cerebrum · brainstem · cerebellum
episodic
Occurring in distinct segments
- declarativeStating rather than asking
- spatialRelating to physical extent
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
encoding · retrieval · recall · long-term · short-term · autobiographical · semantic · engram · forgetting · amnesia
Alzheimer's
Degenerative brain disease
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- epilepsyBrain disorder causing seizures
- sclerosisMorbid tissue hardening
atrophy · seizures · ischemia · hypoxia · neurodegeneration · tau · amyloid · inflammation · stroke · traumatic brain injury
fMRI
Magnetic neural activity imaging
- EEGNeural activity recording
- electrophysiologyBiology's electrical activity science
- neuroimagingVisualizing nervous system structure
in vivo · in vitro · biomarkers · volumetric · atrophy · MRI · PET · neuropsychological · electrode · histology
seahorse
Small fish, vertical swimmer
shape · curved · sea creature · resemblance
neurogenesis
New nerve cell formation
- LTDCapitalized corporate abbreviation
- BDNFNerve cell growth protein
- glutamateExcitatory neural transmitter
neuroplasticity · potentiation · remodeling · stem cells · proliferation · differentiation
hippocampalcortical
Of an outer layer
neocortical · prefrontal · cerebellar · thalamic · brainstem
hippocampalcerebellar
Of the little brain
basal ganglia · procedural · implicit · motor cortex · motor