NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

BRAIN

MIDBRAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Hippocampus main function is?
A
regulate emotion and encode memories
B
to keep your body in a stable state called homeostasis
C
learning and memory
D
rely information
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hippocampus is a complex brain structure embedded deep into temporal lobe. It has a major role in learning and memory. It is a plastic and vulnerable structure that gets damaged by a variety of stimuli. Studies have shown that it also gets affected in a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Detailed explanation-2: -The hippocampus is thought to support motor sequence learning by encoding temporally discontiguous but structured information and events (Schendan et al., 2003; Eichenbaum, 2004; Albouy et al., 2008).

Detailed explanation-3: -Previous findings indicate that the hippocampus does not only play a role in long-term memory (LTM) encoding, but is important for working memory (WM) as well, in particular when multiple items are being processed.

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