Thursday, June 12, 2014

Pattern separation gone awry: the dentate gyrus and schizophrenia


 Reblogged from NeuWriteSD.org:
Since the discovery of patient H.M. in the 1950s (see this post from October 2013), scientists have known that the hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped structure located in the medial temporal lobe, is crucial for the successful formation of new memories. The mammalian hippocampus is characterized by several distinct regions, each with a different function, including areas called the cornu ammonis fields (CA1, CA2, CA3) and the dentate gyrus...
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