Hippocampal formation

Curved pieces of cortex inside each part of the cerebrum.


A curved band of cortex lying within each cerebral hemisphere: in evolutionary terms one of the brain’s most primitive parts. It forms a portion of the limbic system and is involved in the complex physical aspects of behavior governed by emotion and instinct.


Olfactory structures lying along the medial margin of the pallium. They include the hippocampus, dentate gyrus, supracallosal gyrus, longitudinal striae, subcallosal gyrus, diagonal band of Broca, and hippocampal commissure.


 


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