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The aim of this study is to give a precise description of human hippocampal anatomy in view of neurosurgical progress and the wealth of medical imaging methods available. Two major problems render this study more difficult: (1) the complexity of the hippocampal structure, making it one of the most mysterious regions in the central nervous system, and (2) the great confusion which plagues its terminology, a confusion which appeared in the earliest descriptions.
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Duvernoy, H.M. (1998). Introduction. In: The Human Hippocampus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03628-0_1
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