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Are the Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampus Functionally Distinct Structures?

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Fanselow, Michael S., Dong, Hong-Wei·2010·Neuron

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One literature treats the hippocampus as a purely cognitive structure involved in memory; another treats it as a regulator of emotion whose dysfunction leads to psychopathology. We review behavioral, anatomical, and gene expression studies that together support a functional segmentation into three hippocampal compartments: dorsal, intermediate, and ventral. The dorsal hippocampus, which corresponds to the posterior hippocampus in primates, performs primarily cognitive functions. The ventral (anterior in primates) relates to stress, emotion, and affect. Strikingly, gene expression in the dorsal hippocampus correlates with cortical regions involved in information processing, while genes expressed in the ventral hippocampus correlate with regions involved in emotion and stress (amygdala and hypothalamus).

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Authors
Fanselow, M. S., & Dong, H.-W.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
  • Fanselow, Michael S.
  • Dong, Hong-Wei
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-01
Volume
65
Issue
1
Pages
7-19
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2051005796
Cited by
3,358
References
148
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FWCI
10.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH083180, MH62122)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
hippocampus, dorsal hippocampus, ventral hippocampus, cognitive function, emotion regulation, stress, gene expression, amygdala, hypothalamus, memory, psychopathology
MeSH terms
Animals, Behavior, Animal, Cognition, Emotions, Gene Expression Regulation, Hippocampus, Humans, Memory, Nerve Net, Neural Pathways, Primates

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