Hippocampal sulcus
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| Brain: Hippocampal sulcus | ||
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| Hippocampal sulcus labeled at center. | ||
| Latin | sulcus hippocampi | |
| NeuroNames | hier-23 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | s_28/12768730 | |
The hippocampal sulcus, also known as hippocampal fissure, is a sulcus between the dentate gyrus and the parahippocampal gyrus that, except for its most medial part, is normally obliterated during fetal development.
[edit] Pathology
Enlargement of the hippocampal sulcus has been associated with medial temporal lobe atrophy occurring in Alzheimer's disease.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Bastos-Leite AJ, van Waesberghe JH, Oen AL, van der Flier WM, Scheltens P, Barkhof F (2006). "Hippocampal sulcus width and cavities: comparison between patients with Alzheimer disease and nondemented elderly subjects". American journal of neuroradiology 27 (10): 2141–5. PMID 17110684.
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