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hippocampal formation
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Hippocampus (proper) plus dentate gyrus and subiculum[definition derived from NIF comments and ontology alignment]. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
hippocampal formation
Synonyms
- hippocampus (Crosby)
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
curator notes
The term hippocampus is often used synonymously with hippocampal formation which consists of the hippocampus proper or Cornu Ammonis, the dentate gyrus and the subiculum
external ontology notes
BTO:0000601 is placed here since it includes the DG. GO also includes dentate gyrus development as part of hippocampus development, so we assume when GO says 'hippocampus' it means 'hippocampal formation'. In ABA HPF = (.. subiculum) + HIP, HIP = DG + AH.
has narrow synonym
hippocampus
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
major hippocampus, archipallium, primal cortex, formatio hippocampi, seahorse
id
UBERON:0002421