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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Hippocampus Cmap, The hippocampus is involved in several functions of the body including: Consolidation of New Memories Emotional Responses Navigation Spatial Orientation Spatial Studies with monkeys show that damage to the hippocampus results in the inability to navigate through familiar areas., Hippocampus Disabilities Realated to the Hippocampus People who have damage to their hippocampus may experience difficulty or inability to store and/or recall information., Hippocampus What is it? The hippocampus is involved in several functions of the body including: Consolidation of New Memories Emotional Responses Navigation Spatial Orientation, Hippocampus What can I do to help my Hippocampus? Erikson, et al. "Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory" PNAS, 2011, Hippocampus History Sense of Smell and Memory, It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial navigation. Episodic Memory Episodic memory represents our memory of experiences and specific events in time in a serial form from which we can reconstruct the actual events that took place at any given point in our lives., Hippocampus Disabilities Realated to the Hippocampus PTSD, Hippocampus Location Directionally, the hippocampus is located within the temporal lobes, adjacent to the amygdala., Hippocampus History The initial insights on the role of the hippocampus came from studies of amnesia in human patients following removal of the hippocampus plus neighboring medial temporal structures (Scoville and Milner 1956)., Hippocampus Fucntion of the Hippocampus The hippocampus is involved in several functions of the body including: Consolidation of New Memories Emotional Responses Navigation Spatial Orientation, Hippocampus Disabilities Realated to the Hippocampus Alzheimer’s: The hippocampus is one of the first parts of the brain to suffer damage in Alzheimer’s patients., Hippocampus What is it? It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial navigation., Memories are probably first processed and kept in the hippocampus for several weeks, before they are transferred to the cerebral cortex for permanent storage. This may explain why people with brain damage to their hippocampal region retain previous memories of faces and places, which are stored in the cortex, but have difficulty forming new short-term memories. New Memories The hippocampus is involved in several functions of the body including: Consolidation of New Memories Emotional Responses Navigation Spatial Orientation, Hippocampus What can I do to help my Hippocampus? Sleep, Hippocampus What if you had your Hippocampus removed? If your hippocampus were removed, you would still have short-term memories. You just wouldn’t be able turn those into long term memories., Hippocampus Disabilities Realated to the Hippocampus Stress/Lack of Oxygen as well as Alcoholism