hippocampuses
Brain's memory centers
Hippocampuses is the plural of hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped structure deep in the brain essential for forming new memories and spatial navigation.
The word comes from Greek for "sea monster horse," and in classical mythology a hippocampus was a creature with a horse's forequarters and a fish's tail.
The anatomical plural is sometimes hippocampi: Patients with damaged hippocampi struggle to form new memories.
Seat of cognition
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- synapsesNeuron-to-neuron transmission points
- neurogenesisNew nerve cell formation
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
amygdala · neuroplasticity · neuroanatomy · cerebrum · MRI · dissection · lesion · atrophy
Memory retrieval act
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
long-term · short-term · episodic · declarative · semantic · forgetfulness · reminiscence · flashback
brain
Seat of cognition
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- synapsesNeuron-to-neuron transmission points
- neurogenesisNew nerve cell formation
cortex · amygdala · neuroplasticity · neuroanatomy · cerebrum · MRI · dissection · lesion · atrophy · sclerosis
recall
Memory retrieval act
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
Alzheimer's · long-term · short-term · episodic · declarative · semantic · forgetfulness · reminiscence · flashback · retrieval
coral
Marine skeletal formation
ocean · fins · saltwater · tropical · aquatic · camouflage · pouch · brooding · snout · breeding
hippocampusescerebral cortex
Brain's outer neural sheet
neocortex · cortex · cerebellum · prefrontal cortex · motor cortex