Poster of Hippocampus Neurons with Seahorse-like Shapes (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Poster of Hippocampus Neurons with Seahorse-like Shapes

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This is a poster for neuroscientists who study the brain structure know as the hippocampus. Hippocampus is Latin for sea horse. These sea horses have pyramidal neurons as body spikes.

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Robert E. Clark, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego

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