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Past, present, and future in hippocampal formation and memory research
1Human Neuroanatomy Laboratory, School of Medicine and Regional Centre for Biomedical Research (CRIB), University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ave. Almansa, 14, Albacete, 02006, Spain.
Hippocampus
|March 20, 2015
Summary
Hippocampal formation research has advanced our understanding of spatial and episodic memory. Future studies will explore unresolved questions in memory neurobiology and the cognitive map.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Background:
- Over a century of research has elucidated hippocampal functions in memory.
- Key areas include lesion consequences, neural networks, and molecular mechanisms of memory.
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