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extrahippocampal

extrahippocampal adjective: outside the hippocampus.

Adjective

extrahippocampal (not comparable)

  1. Outside the hippocampus.
    • Engaging extrahippocampal memory systems renders the task ineffective for quantifying HPC-based memory impairments.2015 July 29, Darryl C. Gidyk et al., “Barriers to developing a valid rodent model of Alzheimer's disease: from behavioral analysis to etiological mechanisms”, in Frontiers in Neuroscience, volume 9...

Origin of extrahippocampal

From extra- + hippocampal.

Questions about extrahippocampal

What does extrahippocampal mean?
Extrahippocampal means outside the hippocampus.
What part of speech is extrahippocampal?
Extrahippocampal is an adjective.

Words near extrahippocampal in the dictionary

  1. extrahepatic
  2. extrahepatically
  3. extrahepatobiliary
  4. extrahepatocyte
  5. extrahepatosplenic
  6. extrahippocampal
  7. extrahuman
  8. extrahumans
  9. extrahyal
  10. extrahyals
  11. extrahyoid

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