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The hippocampus is a subcortical structure.

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Is it true that the hippocampus is a subcortical structure?

Yes. The evidence robustly supports the claim that the hippocampus is a subcortical structure, with neuroanatomical literature and neuroimaging studies consistently grouping and analyzing it among subcortical brain regions.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 19 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Wikipedia: Hippocampus. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus

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Wikipedia: Limbic system. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbic_system

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Wikipedia: Hippocampus anatomy. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_anatomy

2007
Explicitly states that the hippocampus is regarded as a subcortical structure.
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David, F. (2007). Maple Court Press: Consciousness and the road to belief : an exploration of neurobiological evidence suggesting that belief is a fundamental property of consciousness. Maple Court Press. https://archive.org/details/consciousnessroa0000frie

2008
Discusses the hippocampus and personal conscious and contextual memory.
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P, N. K. (2008). Jessica Kingsley Publishers: Who's who of the brain : a guide to its inhabitants, where they live and what they do. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofbraingu0000nunn

1974
References an EEG record taken from the hippocampus or other subcortical structure.
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Myers, R. D. (1974). Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.: Handbook of drug and chemical stimulation of the brain : behavioral, pharmacological, and physiological aspects. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.. https://archive.org/details/handbookofdrugch0000myer

2014
Notes that although technically part of the temporal lobes, the hippocampus is often talked about alongside other structures.
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Madeleine, B. A. B. (2014). Avery Bedows: A Friendly Guide to the Adolescent Brain. Avery Bedows. https://archive.org/details/friendlyguidetoa0000bedo

2024
Measures subcortical volume including the thalamus and hippocampus.
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Liu, R., Lin, G., Ma, L., Huang, S., Yuan, C., & Zhu, S. (2024). Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience: Changes of brain structure and structural covariance networks in Parkinson’s disease associated cognitive impairment. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2024.1449276

2012
Analyzes human hippocampal structure and volume alongside subcortical structures.
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eHartley, T. & eHarlow, R. (2012). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: An association between human hippocampal volume and topographical memory in healthy young adults.. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00338

2022
Extracts morphologic information from cortical ribbons and subcortical structures like the hippocampus.
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Wu, Y., Besson, P., Azcona, E. A., Bandt, S. K., Parrish, T. B., & Breiter, H. C. (2022). Scientific Reports: A multicohort geometric deep learning study of age dependent cortical and subcortical morphologic interactions for fluid intelligence prediction. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22313-x

2021
Analyzes subcortical volumes including hippocampus subregions.
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Fotopoulos, N. H., Devenyi, G. A., Guay, S., Sengupta, S. M., Chakravarty, M. M., & Grizenko, N. (2021). NeuroImage: Clinical: Cumulative exposure to ADHD medication is inversely related to hippocampus subregional volume in children. NeuroImage: Clinical. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102695

2025
Delineates white matter tracts between cortex and deep subcortical structures, including the hippocampus.
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Assimopoulos, S., Warrington, S., Folloni, D., Bryant, K., Mohammadi-Nejad, A., & Tang, W. (2025). eLife: Cross-species standardised cortico-subcortical tractography. eLife. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.107012

2019
Extracts subcortical brain structures including hippocampal volume loss.
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Zamani, J., Sadr, A., & Javadi, A. (2019). Frontiers in Biomedical Technologies: Cortical and Subcortical Structural Segmentation in Alzheimer’s Disease. Frontiers in Biomedical Technologies. https://doi.org/10.18502/fbt.v6i2.1690

2024
Assesses changes in subcortical structures, noting right hippocampus atrophy.
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OpenAIRE: Subcortical Shape Abnormalities in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients with Sleep Disorder. (2024). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.58530/2024/4367

2009
Focuses on the segmentation of subcortical structures and the hippocampus.
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OpenAIRE: Segmentation of subcortical structures and the hippocampus in brain MRI using graph-cuts and subject-specific a-priori information. (2009). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1109/isbi.2009.5193086

2008
Assesses anatomical variations in subcortical networks including the hippocampus.
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OpenAIRE: Multi-structure network shape analysis via normal surface momentum maps. (2008). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.04.257

2017
Analyzes subcortical shape morphometric networks including hippocampi and amygdalae.
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OpenAIRE: Hierarchical Subcortical Sub-Regional Shape Network Analysis in Alzheimer’s Disease. (2017). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.10.011

2021
Compares subcortical volume such as the hippocampus in schizophrenia.
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OpenAIRE: Abnormality of subcortical volume and resting functional connectivity in adolescents with early-onset and prodromal schizophrenia. (2021). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.05.052

2017
Evaluates subcortical brain regions, shape, and volume of the hippocampus.
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OpenAIRE: Subcortical surface shape in youth at familial high risk for schizophrenia. (2017). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.07.002

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