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Autonomic Functions of the Hippocampus

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AT present no definite function can be attributed to the hippocampus. In the cat and the dog, electrical stimulation of the fimbria, the main efferent tract from the hippocampus, has been reported to give rise to no detectable autonomic changes1, although it is well known that stimulation of other components of the limbic system can elicit autonomic changes.

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  1. B. G. CRAGG: Leverhulme Mental Health Research Fund Fellow.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, University College, London

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CRAGG, B. Autonomic Functions of the Hippocampus. Nature 182, 675–676 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182675a0

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