Anatomy of the Brain

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Hippocampus

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Function:

• Consolidation of New Memories

• Emotions

• Navigation

• Spatial Orientation

Location:

• The hippocampus is a horseshoe shaped sheet of neurons located within the temporal lobes and adjacent to the amygdala.

Images:

• Gross Anatomy: Hippocampus
  
  
• Hippocampus
  
  
• Neurons in the Hippocampus

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For additional information see:

• Memory, Learning, and Emotion: the Hippocampus

• Memory and the Hippocampus

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