PHILADELPHIA - The hippocampus, a brain structure known to play a role in memory and spatial navigation, is essential to one's ability to recognize previously encountered events, objects, or ...

Shrinkage of one of the brain's key memory centers appears to herald thinking declines, a new study finds. The region in question is the hippocampus, a two-sided structure located roughly above ...

Scientists have for the first time revealed the structure surrounding important receptors in the brain's hippocampus, the seat of memory and learning. The new study focuses on the organization and ...

Chronic stress shrinks a key brain structure called the hippocampus (literally “horse monster” in Greek), which deals with memory, visuospatial thinking and mood regulation. Studies have shown that ...

Their new study gives the first direct evidence that children with symptoms of post-traumatic stress suffer poor function of the hippocampus, a brain structure that stores and retrieves memories.

The hippocampus can atrophy,” he warns. A hike through your local park is an ideal way to keep that particular part of the brain in top form. “Being outside is good, because anything can happen.

The hippocampus, a brain structure known to play a role in memory and spatial navigation, is essential to one’s ability to recognize previously encountered events, objects, or people – a ...