| Parahippocampal gyrus | |
|---|---|
 Human brain seen from below. Parahippocampal gyrus shown in blue | |
 Medial view of left cerebral hemisphere. Parahippocampal gyrus shown in orange. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | gyrus parahippocampalis |
| MeSH | D020534 |
| NeuroNames | 164 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_807 |
| TA98 | A14.1.09.234 |
| TA2 | 5515 |
| FMA | 61918 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The parahippocampal gyrus (or hippocampal gyrus[1]) is a grey matter cortical region of the brain that surrounds the hippocampus and is part of the limbic system. The region plays an important role in memory encoding and retrieval. It has been involved in some cases of hippocampal sclerosis.[2] Asymmetry has been observed in schizophrenia.[3]
- ^ Reuter P.: Der Grobe Reuter Springer Universalworterbuch Medizin, Pharmakologie Und Zahnmedizin: Englisch-deutsch (Band 2), Birkhäuser, 2005, ISBN 3-540-25102-2, p. 648 here online
- ^ Ferreira NF, de Oliveira V, Amaral L, Mendonça R, Lima SS (September 2003). "Analysis of parahippocampal gyrus in 115 patients with hippocampal sclerosis". Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 61 (3B): 707–11. doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2003000500001. PMID 14595469.
- ^ McDonald B, Highley JR, Walker MA, et al. (January 2000). "Anomalous asymmetry of fusiform and parahippocampal gyrus gray matter in schizophrenia: A postmortem study". Am J Psychiatry. 157 (1): 40–7. doi:10.1176/ajp.157.1.40. PMID 10618011. S2CID 5915984.