Preferred Label : CA2 field of hippocampus;
Uberon 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);
Uberon synonym : hippocampus CA2; CA2 field of cornu ammonis; CA2 field; CA2; region 2 of Ammon's horn; region II of ammon's horn; region II of hippocampus proper; CA2 field of Ammon's horn;
Uberon related term : CA2 field of the Ammon horn; region CA2; field CA2 of hippocampus; CA2 field of the hippocampus; field CA2; field CA2, Ammon's horn (Lorente de Ns);
Origin ID : 0003882;
UMLS CUI : C0694599;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Semantic type(s)
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Uberon cross reference
has part
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)