{"id":107574,"date":"2020-05-24T13:22:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T20:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/why-the-hippocampus-may-be-the-most-important-region-in-your-brain"},"modified":"2020-05-24T13:22:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T20:22:37","slug":"why-the-hippocampus-may-be-the-most-important-region-in-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/why-the-hippocampus-may-be-the-most-important-region-in-your-brain","title":{"rendered":"Why the Hippocampus May Be the Most Important Region in Your Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/why-the-hippocampus-may-be-the-most-important-region-in-your-brain2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Memory is the natural extension of attention and learning. The act of memory facilitates the formation, activation, and retention of circuits that contribute to the brain\u2019s optimal functioning. Dr. Restak explains how we are the sum total of the memory we retain. Without memory, we wouldn\u2019t know who we are.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The hippocampus, a portion of the brain located in the temporal lobe of each cerebral cortex, is the entry portal for information to be remembered. If the hippocampus is damaged, we have difficulty forming new memories.<\/p>\n<p>This was demonstrated by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Patient H. M. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3666743\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patient H. M.<\/a>, whose real name was Henry Molaison. He started having seizures when he was 10 years old. By age 20, he was completely incapacitated.<\/p>\n<p>Since he could be felled with one of the sudden seizures at any time, he couldn\u2019t work or form relationships, and lived at home with his mother. At age 27, in 1953, he underwent a new type of operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memory is the natural extension of attention and learning. The act of memory facilitates the formation, activation, and retention of circuits that contribute to the brain\u2019s optimal functioning. Dr. Restak explains how we are the sum total of the memory we retain. Without memory, we wouldn\u2019t know who we are. The hippocampus, a portion of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":461,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/461"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}