2-Minute Neuroscience: The Hippocampus

In this video, I cover the structure and function of the hippocampus. I discuss its location in the temporal lobe as well as the other structures that surround it and make up the hippocampal formation, such as the dentate gyrus and hippocampal gyrus. I also describe the flow of information through the hippocampus, starting at the entorhinal cortex and traveling through the dentate gyrus, hippocampus, subiculum, and then to a variety of areas and pathways. For an article (on my website) that explains the hippocampus, click this link: TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to 2 minute neuroscience, where I simplistically explain neuroscience topics in 2 minutes or less. In this installment I will discuss the hippocampus. There is a hippocampus in the temporal lobe of each cerebral hemisphere. The name “hippocampus” comes from the Greek for “seahorse“ because when it is removed from the brain, it vaguely resembles a se