This proposal could reconcile the apparently discrepant findings that, in animals, the hippocampus participates in spatial memory, whereas in humans, it participates in declarative memory.
Decreasing stress should have a beneficial effect, especially at later stages of life when the hippocampus may be more vulnerable.
No obvious developmental abnormalities in the cortex and hippocampus at the light microscopic level are observed.
The team working on replacing these functions of the hippocampus has copied its behavior, rather than waiting to understand its intricacies.
Magnetic resonance imaging volumes of the hippocampus and the amygdala in women with borderline personality disorder and early traumatization.
The medial cortex of reptiles does not appear to be involved in other tasks that are mediated by the hippocampus of mammals.
His main research interests include sleep, the anatomy and physiology of the brainstem, and subcortical systems controlling the theta rhythm of the hippocampus.
Neuronal death in the hippocampus is promoted by plasmin-catalyzed degradation of laminin.