Hippocampus

"Hippocampus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A curved elevation of GRAY MATTER extending the entire length of the floor of the TEMPORAL HORN of the LATERAL VENTRICLE (see also TEMPORAL LOBE). The hippocampus proper, subiculum, and DENTATE GYRUS constitute the hippocampal formation. Sometimes authors include the ENTORHINAL CORTEX in the hippocampal formation.

Descriptor ID	D006624
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211.464.405 A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.345
Concept/Terms	Hippocampus Hippocampus Hippocampus Proper Hippocampus Propers Proper, Hippocampus Propers, Hippocampus Cornu Ammonis Ammon Horn Horn, Ammon Ammon's Horn Ammons Horn Horn, Ammon's Hippocampal Formation Hippocampal Formation Formation, Hippocampal Formations, Hippocampal Hippocampal Formations Schaffer Collaterals Schaffer Collaterals Collaterals, Schaffer Subiculum Subiculum Subiculums

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Brain [A08.186.211]
Limbic System [A08.186.211.464]
Hippocampus [A08.186.211.464.405]
Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.730]
Telencephalon [A08.186.211.730.885]
Cerebrum [A08.186.211.730.885.287]
Cerebral Cortex [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500]
Hippocampus [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.345]

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Bar chart showing 238 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1997	0	1	1
1998	2	3	5
1999	1	0	1
2001	1	3	4
2002	2	1	3
2003	2	5	7
2004	6	3	9
2005	2	2	4
2006	2	5	7
2007	5	5	10
2008	4	6	10
2009	5	5	10
2010	8	5	13
2011	4	5	9
2012	3	3	6
2013	4	9	13
2014	6	2	8
2015	5	8	13
2016	8	5	13
2017	7	7	14
2018	7	5	12
2019	5	7	12
2020	7	6	13
2021	1	8	9
2022	0	6	6
2023	0	5	5
2024	7	1	8
2025	5	4	9
2026	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Hippocampus" by people in Profiles.

Vafaei A, Kharaghani MA, Shahsavand A, Mohammad Jafari R, Shafaroodi H, Ghasemi M, Dehpour AR. The impact of predator stress on electroshock seizure threshold: insights into GABAergic, glutamatergic, and serotonergic pathways in mice. Behav Brain Funct. 2026 Feb 14; 22(1).

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Pola-V?liz V, Arredondo SB, Arancibia Y, Ahumada J, Estay S, Vidal N, Haeger PA, Fuenzalida M, Varela-Nallar L, Bustos FJ, Montecino M, van Zundert B. Viral-mediated fluorescent labelling of activated hippocampal memory engrams to study epigenetic dynamics associated with gene expression. Methods. 2026 Mar; 247:85-94.

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?zl? S, Dyrba M, Grazia A, Brosseron F, Buerger K, Dechent P, D?zel E, Ewers M, Fliessbach K, Glanz W, Hansen N, Hellmann-Regen J, Hetzer S, Janowitz D, Kilimann I, Kronm?ller M, Laske C, L?sebrink F, Mengel D, Perneczky R, Peters O, Priller J, Ramirez A, Rauchmann BS, Rostamzadeh A, Schneider A, Sodenkamp S, Spottke A, Spruth EJ, Synofzik M, Wiltfang J, Heneka MT, Jessen F, Teipel S. CSF biomarkers of neuroinflammation are associated with regional atrophy. J Neurol. 2025 Dec 24; 273(1):46.

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Mojica M, Fleming H, Krings T, McAndrews MP. Hippocampal, fornix, and mammillary body atrophy in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis. Epilepsy Res. 2026 Jan; 219:107713.

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Jury-Garfe N, S?nchez-Rubio M, Nardocci G, Mercado C, Pe?a-Baeza N, Ruiz-Rudolph P, Montecino M, Varela-Nallar L, van Zundert B. Urban air pollution reduces H3K9me2/me3 in hippocampal and olfactory neurons, correlating with memory and social deficits. Sci Total Environ. 2025 Oct 01; 997:180145.

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Belke M, Zahnert F, Steinbrenner M, Halimeh M, Miron G, Tsalouchidou PE, Linka L, Keil B, Jansen A, M?schl V, Kemmling A, Nimsky C, Rosenow F, Menzler K, Knake S. Automatic detection of hippocampal sclerosis in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2025 Oct; 66(10):3852-3864.

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Fern?ndez G, Leiva K, Bustos FJ, van Zundert B. Restoring endogenous Dlg4/PSD95 expression by an artificial transcription factor ameliorates cognitive and motor learning deficits in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease. Clin Epigenetics. 2025 Jun 12; 17(1):100.

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Yaeger JDW, John MM, Ledesma LJ, Krupp KT, Booth CD, Jones NT, Vali?o A, Popp N, Sathyanesan M, Newton SS, Summers CH. Acute carbamoylated erythropoietin reduces social stress-induced anxiety and depression-related behaviors. Neuropharmacology. 2025 Nov 01; 278:110558.

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Cai Y, Wang X, Xiang Y, Wang Z, Long Q, Zeng C. Codonopsis pilosula polysaccharides alleviate neuronal apoptosis induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress-activated PERK-ATF4-CHOP signaling in APP/PS1 mice. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Jul; 106(1):317-330.

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Malekshahi M, Meskar Z, Manavi MA, Lesani A, Mohammad Jafari R, Ghasemi M, Dehpour AR. Anticonvulsant effects of noscapine against status epilepticus induced by lithium-pilocarpine in rats: involvement of Nrf2/HO-1 and NLRP3 pathways. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2025 Oct; 398(10):14291-14300.

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