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hippocampus

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Noun

seahorses

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

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Hippocampus genus Hippocampus

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trigonum cerebrale fornix amygdala amygdaloid nucleus corpus amygdaloideum hippocampus

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