Hippocampus

The hippocampus (via Latin from Greek ἱππόκαμπος, 'seahorse') is a major component of the brain of humans and other vertebrates.

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Unexpected role of hippocampus in skilled movement control

Psychedelics excite cells in hippocampus to reduce anxiety

Space is a latent sequence: A theory of the hippocampus (2024)

The hippocampus, the cerebral conductor of our daily priorities

Depression Linked to 20% Lower Taurine Levels in Hippocampus

New study reveals role of hippocampus in two functions of memory

Among those who've experienced emotional trauma, PTSD symptoms may be triggered through the same neurobiological pathways activated by physical trauma, including functional or structural alterations of the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, epigenetic modifications, and HPA axis dysfunction.

Social experiments and brain imaging reveal that mice can recognize and remember each other as unique individuals using the dorsal hippocampus.

Racial disparities can affect brain development in Black children - "In the American Journal of Psychiatry study, Black children showed lower amygdala, hippocampus and gray matter volumes compared with white children."

Study uncovers distinct time cell populations in the bat hippocampus

Honeycomb maze reveals role of hippocampus in navigation decisions

Joubert Syndrome: Intellectual disability and defects in the hippocampus

Realistic model of mouse hippocampus uncovers new mechanism for pattern separation

Hippocampus is the brain’s storyteller