Hippocampus and cornu ammonis: mythonyms that prevail in Terminologia Anatomica, Terminologia Neuroanatomica, and Terminologia Histologica

Julius Caesar Arantius first described the hippocampus and proposed the term hippocampum. Years later, French anatomists called the structure ram’s horns, and a decade later, it was named cornu ammonis. Although both concepts were first associated with the same structure, their use has expanded to i...

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Main Authors: Jhonatan Duque-Colorado, Laura García-Orozco, Alicia Castillo-Martínez, Mariano del Sol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnana.2025.1582837/full
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