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Hippocampus : Biological Psychology
942 words, approx. 3 pages
A major allocortical structure (see ALLOCORTEX) in the medial TEMPORAL LOBE is so named because the interlocking arrangement of GRANULE CELLS in the DENTATE GYRUS and PYRAMIDAL NEURONS of areas CA1 and CA3 (see CA1–CA3) of the hippocampus proper...
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Hippocampus Summary
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The cerebral structure known as the limbic system is composed of the hypothalamus and other subcortical structures, such as the hippocampus, the amygdala, portions of the basal ganglia, etc. Different areas of the hippocampus respond to most sensory...
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Hippocampal Theta : Biological Psychology
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A rhythmical pattern of ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) activity in the HIPPOCAMPUS. Theta, sometimes called RHYTHMIC SLOW ACTIVITY (RSA; Vanderwolf, 1971), occurs at frequencies of 5–12 Hz in rodents and is most prominent during walking, running,...
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Ammon’S Horn : Biological Psychology
103 words, approx. 1 pages
An old term for the HIPPOCAMPUS introduced in the eighteenth century after a mythological Egyptian god called Amun Kneph. Other writers also likened the curious shape of this structure, occupying the floor of the lateral ventricle (see VENTRICLES) of...
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Hippocampus Information
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The hippocampus is a part of the forebrain, located in the medial temporal lobe. It forms a part of the limbic system and plays a part in long term memory and spatial navigation. Humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in each side of the...
 


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Clinical EEG and Neuroscience
The Hippocampus Book
04/01/2008: 730 words, approx. 2 pages
The Hippocampus Book Editors: Andersen P, Morris, R1 Amaral D, Bliss T and O'Keefe J Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2007, Hardcover, 832 pages; US $127.00 It sounds incredible 832 pages about the hippocampus! The editors/authors raise the question: "why study...
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The Economist (US)
Dreamweavers.(hippocampus and memory)
12/23/2006: 2,311 words, approx. 8 pages
The perfect memory is of everything and nothing EVER since the unfortunate case of H.M., the subject of a lesion study second in fame only to that of Phineas Gage, neuroscientists have known that what the amygdala is to emotion, the hippocampus...
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Some cocoa may improve brain blood flow
2/18/2007: 613 words, approx. 2 pages
A nice cup of the right kind of cocoa could hold the promise of promoting brain function as people age.In an increasingly aging world, medical researchers are seeing more cases of dementia and are looking for ways to make brains work better.One potential source of...
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Some cocoa may improve blood flow in the brain, researchers say
2/19/2007: 613 words, approx. 2 pages
A nice cup of the right kind of cocoa could hold the promise of promoting brain function as people age.In an increasingly aging world, medical researchers are seeing more cases of dementia and are looking for ways to make brains work better.One potential source of...
 


 

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