hippocampus
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Image source: Gray's Anatomy
(1918 ed.)
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A part of the vertebrate brain consisting
of two ridges, one over each of the two lateral ventricles.
It is highly developed in advanced mammals (primates and whales) and is
involved in the early stages of memory formation. It is one of the first
regions of the brain to be damaged in Alzheimer's
disease. The hippocampus and the amygdala
are part of the limbic system.
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