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  2. Hippocampus anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Hippocampus anatomy describes the physical aspects and properties of the hippocampus, a neural structure in the medial temporal lobe of the brain. It has a distinctive, curved shape that has been likened to the sea-horse monster of Greek mythology and the ram's horns of Amun in Egyptian mythology .

  3. Hippocampus - Wikipedia

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    The hippocampus is located in the allocortex, with neural projections into the neocortex, in humans [1] [2] [3] as well as other primates. [4] The hippocampus, as the medial pallium, is a structure found in all vertebrates. [5] In humans, it contains two main interlocking parts: the hippocampus proper (also called Ammon's horn), and the dentate ...

  4. Neuroanatomy of memory - Wikipedia

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    The hippocampus. The hippocampus is a structure in the brain that has been associated with various memory functions. It is part of the limbic system, and lies next to the medial temporal lobe. It is made up of two structures, the Ammon's Horn, and the Dentate gyrus, each containing different types of cells. [1]

  5. Fornix (neuroanatomy) - Wikipedia

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    'arch'; pl.: fornices) is a C-shaped bundle of nerve fibers in the brain that acts as the major output tract of the hippocampus. The fornix also carries some afferent fibers to the hippocampus from structures in the diencephalon and basal forebrain. The fornix is part of the limbic system. While its exact function and importance in the ...

  6. Dentate gyrus - Wikipedia

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    The dentate gyrus (DG) is part of the hippocampal formation in the temporal lobe of the brain, which also includes the hippocampus and the subiculum.The dentate gyrus is part of the hippocampal trisynaptic circuit and is thought to contribute to the formation of new episodic memories, [1] [2] the spontaneous exploration of novel environments [2] and other functions.

  7. Hippocampal formation - Wikipedia

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    The hippocampal formation is a compound structure in the medial temporal lobe of the brain. ... led to their very influential 1978 book The Hippocampus as a ...

  8. Hippocampus proper - Wikipedia

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    The hippocampus proper refers to the actual structure of the hippocampus which is made up of four regions or subfields. The subfields CA1, CA2, CA3, and CA4 use the initials of cornu Ammonis , an earlier name of the hippocampus .

  9. Cerebrum - Wikipedia

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    The cerebrum (pl.: cerebra), telencephalon or endbrain [1] is the largest part of the brain, containing the cerebral cortex (of the two cerebral hemispheres) as well as several subcortical structures, including the hippocampus, basal ganglia, and olfactory bulb. In the human brain, the cerebrum is the uppermost region of the central nervous system.