ventral
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It is called the ventral hippocampus, which is responsible for learning, emotions, fear and memory.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2025
"The fossils have been known for a long time, but no one had put it together that we could study the ventral adaptations for enrollment using these really great fossils," Losso said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
“While enrolled trilobite fossils are really common, we don’t have any of the ventral soft tissue preserved,” said Sarah Losso, a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard University who specializes in trilobite evolution.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
Adding further clarity, the UCL researchers were able to experimentally make mice behave as if they were full, by activating these ventral hippocampal neurons, leading animals to stop eating even if they were hungry.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023
A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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