The list of groundbreaking discoveries that derive from studies of the hippocampus is mind-boggling. Apparently, most branches of neuroscience have their foundation (or at least some milestones ...

Resembling a seahorse, as its name implies from the Greek words "hippos" (horse) and "kampus" (sea monster), the hippocampus is a brain region crucial for memory formation. But until recently ...

British marine biologist and photographer Richard Smith focuses his work on the ocean’s tiniest and weirdest creatures.

Seahorse species belong to the genus called Hippocampus, also the name of a part of vertebrates' brains. The anatomical hippocampus was allegedly named for its resemblance to the shape of a seahorse.

The hippocampus is a small, seahorse-shaped structure located in the brain’s temporal lobe. It plays a crucial role in memory formation, learning, and spatial navigation. It is part of the ...

The small, seahorse-shaped part of our brains called the hippocampus is crucial for learning, memory, and spatial navigation, and one of the first areas to deteriorate in Alzheimer's. Previous ...

UCL found the longer someone had been driving a taxi in London, the more grey matter they had in the hippocampus – a seahorse-shaped part of the brain that is crucial for long-term memory and ...