2017/01/01 by Marion Thompson Wright · 1 citation
Neuroscience · #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research #Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
paper · pdf · doi:10.15347/wjm/2017.003
openalex publication_date 2017/01/01 · openalex created_date 2022/05/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/06
The hippocampus (named after its resemblance to the seahorse, from the Greek , "seahorse" from hippos, "horse" and kampos, "sea monster") is a major component of the brains of humans and other vertebrates. Humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in each side of the brain. It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial memory that enables navigation. The hippocampus is located under the cerebral cortex; (allocortical) [1][2][3] and in primates it is located in the medial temporal lobe, underneath the cortical surface. It contains two main interlocking parts: the hippocampus proper (also called Ammon's horn)