hilus of the dentate gyrus ( HDG )

The term hilus of the dentate gyrus refers to one of two parts of the dentate gyrus identified by topology in the human ( Insausti-2012 ) and macaque ( Paxinos-2009a ). It is the stem of the dentate gyrus, whicht attaches it to the CA fields in the functionally defined hippocampal complex. The body of the gyrus is the fascia dentata. The hilus is commonly referred to by the name of its domininant cell group, the CA4 field ( Paxinos-2009a ). Updated 30 May 2024.

Also known as

Name Language Source Source Citation Source Title Organism
hilus of the dentate gyrus English Amaral-1990 Chapter 21, pp. 711-756 in The Human Nervous System, G. Paxinos (ed.), Academic Press, San Diego, 1990 Hippocampal Formation human
Hilus gyri dentati Latin NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Unspecified
field CA4 of hippocampal formation English Carpenter-1983 Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1983 Human Neuroanatomy human
HDG acronym NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Unspecified
CA4 champ de la corne d'ammon French Duvernoy-1992 Springer-Verlag, Paris, 1992 Le cerveau humain: Surface, coupes seriees tridimensionnelles et IRM human
Region IV of hippocampus proper English Wikipedia-2024a Lamina terminalis Unspecified
Region CA4 English Wikipedia-2024a Lamina terminalis Unspecified
field CA4 of the hippocampus English Paxinos-2009a Amsterdam: Elsevier-Academic Press. 2009 The Rhesus Monkey Brain, Second Edition macaque
Hilus fasciae dentatae Latin Stephan-1975 In Handbuch der mikroskopischen Anatomie des Menschen (W. Bargmann, Ed.), Vol. 4, Part 9, 998pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York. Allocortex Unspecified
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