III. The hippocampus

The subject of this paper is the hippocampal region of the brain in anosmatic animals. Several specimens of the brain of the bottle­-nosed whale, narwhal, porpoise, and calf-seal were obtained for the purpose of studying the extent to which the hippocampus in animals totally destitute of the sense o...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 1893
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1892.0047
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Summary:The subject of this paper is the hippocampal region of the brain in anosmatic animals. Several specimens of the brain of the bottle­-nosed whale, narwhal, porpoise, and calf-seal were obtained for the purpose of studying the extent to which the hippocampus in animals totally destitute of the sense of smell, or possessing it in a very small degree, departs from the ordinary type.