Hippocampus Quotes

Throughout our lifetimes we are constantly regenerating new brain cells in the hippocampus, a process called neurogenesis. New stem cells are constantly being born in the hippocampus that ultimately differentiate into fully functional neurons. (David Perlmutter)
We did not realize that the hippocampus is concerned with perception of the environment and therefore represents multisensory experience... View quote
Eric Kandel
So far from the posterior lobe, the posterior cornu, and the hippocampus minor, being structures peculiar to and characteristic of man, as they have been over and over again asserted to be, even after the publication of the clearest demonstration of the reverse, it is precisely these structures which are the most marked cerebral characters common to man with the apes. They are among the most distinctly Simian peculiarities which the human organism exhibits. View quote
Thomas Henry Huxley
While the hippocampus itself doesn't store memories, it serves to triage our experiences based upon their survival significance. View quote
David Perlmutter
London taxi drivers have a larger hippocampus. View quote
Eric Kandel