Hippocampal Formation
Hierarchy level in atlas is 5: 4 superstructures include it.
abbreviation: HPFAbbreviation
HPF
Species
Rat
Description of part
According to Blackstad 1956, Swanson et al. 1987. See Canteras et al. (1992a) for a discussion of the ventral region of the medial entorhinal area.
Part type
gray matter
Nomenclature
Swanson-1998
Endorsement
The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.
Collator argument
The position of this brain part in hierarchy was collated from the associated reference
Reference
Author:
Swanson LW
Title of Book:
Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain
Year:
1998
Pages:
196-213
Edition:
second
Publisher:
Elsevier
Major subparts
| Name | Type |
| Retrohippocampal region | gray matter |
| Hippocampal region | gray matter |
- Projection Strength
- Lateral dorsal nucleus of thalamus weak
- Lateral posterior nucleus of the thalamus weak
- Substantia innominata exists
- Nucleus of the diagonal band exists
- Medial septal nucleus exists
- Hypothalamus exists
- Supramammillary nucleus exists
- Lateral preoptic area exists
- Lateral hypothalamic area exists
- Parataenial nucleus exists
- Nucleus reuniens exists
- Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus exists
- Projection Strength
- Tegmental reticular nucleus weak
- Interpeduncular nucleus exists
- Mesencephalic reticular nucleus exists
- Locus coeruleus exists
- Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus exists
- Dorsal nucleus raphe exists
- Superior central nucleus raphe exists
- Retrosplenial area exists
- Entorhinal area exists
- Anterior cingulate area exists
