CA2 field of hippocampus

System Nervous

CA2 field of hippocampus

Definition

Part of hippocampus proper bounded by areas CA3 and CA1, characterized by a narrow layer of large pyramidal cells, similar in size to CA3 pyramidal cells, but which lack the mossy fiber input from the dentate gyrus (adapted from Paxinos, G. The rat central nervous system, 2nd ed, Academic Press, San Diego, 1995, pg. 460).

Also known as CA2, CA2 field, CA2 field of Ammon's horn, CA2 field of cornu ammonis, CA2 field of hippocampus, hippocampus CA2, regio ii cornus ammonis, regio ii hippocampi proprii, region 2 of Ammon's horn, region II of ammon's horn, region II of hippocampus proper — per UBERON

The CA2 field of hippocampus is a part of the Nervous.

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