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hippocampus
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hippocampus
by bz, Sep 13, 2000 12:00AM
What is the function of the hippocampus? Would removal of the right hippocampus in a right handed person cause any disability? THank you.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF Neuro[P] MD, RPS, Sep 13, 2000 12:00AM
Dear BZ:
The hippocampus is involved in imprinting memory. In a right handed person, the right hippocampi is involved in visual memory (the left side is involved in verbal memory). Usually, the hippocampus is taken out because is has sclerosed and is involved in seizure generation. In that case, the hippocampus is moderately dysfunctional anyway and removal does not cause much further damage.
I hope I answered your question.
Sincerely,
CCF Neuro MD
The hippocampus is involved in imprinting memory. In a right handed person, the right hippocampi is involved in visual memory (the left side is involved in verbal memory). Usually, the hippocampus is taken out because is has sclerosed and is involved in seizure generation. In that case, the hippocampus is moderately dysfunctional anyway and removal does not cause much further damage.
I hope I answered your question.
Sincerely,
CCF Neuro MD
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My seizures go in series of twos and threes and last anywhere from 8-12 minutes each. They are often tonic-clonic in nature although I remember the entire event, although I am in La-La land for minutes to hours afterwards. I almost always know when a seizure is about to hit I call it the "ten minute warning to shakedown"!
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Thank you for your comment.
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Sincerely
Kathy