Hippocampus Research Paper

Hippocampus
The area of the brain associated with memory, learning and emotional response is the hippocampus, which is part of the limbic system. It is composed of a pair of seahorse shaped structures in the medial temporal lobe of the brain, one in each of the left and right lobes.
It has three distinct regions: dorsal, ventral and intermediate. The dorsal hippocampus serves verbal and spatial memory as well as conceptual learning and assigning sensory stimuli to memories. It contains more place cells than the ventral and intermediate hippocampal areas. The ventral hippocampus is responsible for fear and affecting processes. The intermediate hippocampus is a blend of the dorsal and ventral areas.
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