Amygdala
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The amygdala is a paired nuclear complex present in the cerebral hemispheres of vertebrates. It is considered part of the limbic system. In primates, it is located medially within the temporal lobes.
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Subdivisions of the mouse amygdala
Hippocampus
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The hippocampus, also hippocampus proper, is a major component of the brain of humans and many other vertebrates. In the human brain the hippocampus, the dentate gyrus, and the subiculum are component
Amygdala
…and the accessory basal nuclei. It has extensive connections with higher-order cortical areas in the prefrontal, temporal, insular cortices, and the hippocampus. The basolateral complex is surrounded by the intercalated cell net that is inhibitory and projects to a broad variety of areas in the basal forebrain…
The human hippocampus and fornix (left) compared with a seahorse (right)
Coronal section of the brain of a macaque monkey, showing hippocampal formation (circled)
Hippocampal subfields and subregions
Drawing by Italian pathologist Camillo Golgi of a hippocampus stained using silver nitrate