Hippocampus
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Hippocampus
Damage to the hippocampus, a region of the brain crucial for memory formation, can lead to difficulties in creating new memories. This can manifest as difficulty in retaining new information and forming new memories in individuals with hippocampal damage. Other brain regions can partially compensate for this loss, but the ability to form new memories may still be impaired.
Damage to the hippocampus can lead to seizures and memory loss known as anterograde amnesia. This means that the person would not have the ability to form new memories, but would still have memories from before the accident.
That is a form of amnesia.
hippocampus
Inability to form new memories.
anterograde amnesia.
explicit, implicit
The limbic system of the brain includes the hippocampus and the amygdala. The hippocampus helps form new memories. When it is damaged, this is shown by the presence of dementia or Alzheimer's Disease.
Acetylcholine is thought to play a role in priming the prefrontal cortex and the medial temporal lobes to form memories. It helps facilitate the encoding of new information and storage of memories in these brain regions.