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Structure and Fiber Connections of the Hippocampus - A Comparative Study (Paperback)
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Structure and Fiber Connections of the Hippocampus - A Comparative Study (Paperback)
Series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 83
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Of all cytoarchitectonic structures in the brain of mammals, the
hippocampus is perhaps the most conspicuous because of its unusual
macroscopic and micro- scopic appearance. During phylogeny, the
hippocampus has developed from a single cortical plate in amphibia
into a complicated, three-dimensional convo- luted structure in
mammals. Because of its clear lamination into axonal, perikaryal,
and dendritic layers, the hippocampus has often been considered a
simple cortex model. Indeed, this trilaminated construction
resembles perhaps the least complicated type of neuronal cortex.
There is a large literature describing hippocampal morphology in
many species with respect to cytoarchitectonics,
fiberarchitectonics, angioar- chitectonics, chemoarchitectonics,
synaptology, and fine structure. On the other hand, up to the
present day there has been no generally accepted concept on the
main functions of the hippocampus, although many studies dealing
with its physiological and biochemical properties and its possible
influences on behav- ior have provided some valuable indications.
Early investigators described the hippocampus as being a part of
the "rhinen- cephalon" (e. g. Zuckerkandl 1887), together with
other allocortical structures, such as the olfactory bulb,
olfactory tubercle, and piriform lobe. Thus, the hippocampus was
assigned to the olfactory system, and it was not until improved
degeneration techniques were applied that this error could be
corrected. It be- came clear that only part of the allocortical
areas receive direct olfactory inputs, namely the retrobulbar
region (anterior olfactory nucleus), precommissural hip- pocampus,
olfactory tubercle, prepiriform region, periamygdalar region, and
part of the entorhinal region.
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