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The Hippocampus Book (Oxford Neuroscience Series)
from: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.825
EAN: 9780195100273
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0195100271
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 872
Publication Date: November 02, 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Editorial Review:
The hippocampus is one of a group of remarkable structures embedded within the brain's medial temporal lobe. Long known to be important for memory, it has been a prime focus of neuroscience research for many years. The Hippocampus Book promises to facilitate developments in the field in a major way by bringing together, for the first time, contributions by leading international scientists knowledgeable about hippocampal anatomy, physiology, and function. This authoritative volume offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date account of what the hippocampus does, how it does it, and what happens when things go wrong. At the same time, it illustrates how research focusing on this single brain structure has revealed principles of wider generality for the whole brain in relation to anatomical connectivity, synaptic plasticity, cognition and behavior, and computational algorithms. Well-organized in its presentation of both theory and experimental data, this peerless work vividly illustrates the astonishing progress that has been made in unraveling the workings of the brain. The Hippocampus Book is destined to take a central place on every neuroscientist's bookshelf.
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Rating: - Hippocampus and Memory
Readers who are interested in this book, might want to look over an article published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, entitled:
"Hippocampal activation in patients with mild cognitive impairment is necessary for successful memory encoding" by T T Kircher et al.,
JNNP, 2007;78:812-818.
QUOTE (CONCLUSION) "These results suggest that in patients with MCI, an increase in MTL activation is necessary for successful memory encoding. Hippocampal activation may ... Read More
Rating: - A Superb Update on a Key Region of the Brain
I have been interested in the hippocampus - and indeed the whole limbic system - for many years and this is a superb review of our current knowledge about this essential region of the brain.
I was thinking that people who might be interested in this magnum opus will not need to be told what the hippocampus is. But for those of us who like to pick up things by browsing reviews, let me explain. It is a small part of the brain in the deep parts of the temporal lobes. It is named hippocampus ... Read More
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