Why is research oriented around the hippocampus?

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By Daniela Kaufer Daniela Kaufer is a professor of integrative biology at UC Berkeley and a senior author of the study on attacking More...

" It’s a hub for plasticity. It has mechanisms in it that aren't elsewhere in the brain, and the hippocampus is super sensitive to changes in the environment. There’s a lot of electrophysiological plasticity, new adult neurogenesis, and super interesting functionality. The hippocampus itself responds to and controls stress. "

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