| Hippocampus proper | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Hippocampus location and regions in a human, coronal plane | |
.png) Basic circuit of the hippocampus, shown using a modified drawing by Ramon y Cajal. DG: dentate gyrus. Sub: subiculum. EC: entorhinal cortex | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | hippocampus proprius, cornu Ammonis |
| NeuroNames | 182 |
| TA98 | A14.1.09.327 |
| TA2 | 5520 |
| FMA | 62493 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The hippocampus proper refers to the actual structure of the hippocampus which is made up of four regions or subfields. The subfields CA1, CA2, CA3, and CA4 use the initials of cornu Ammonis, an earlier name of the hippocampus.