Hippocampal memory encoding and retrieval

<p>The <a href="/facts/Hippocampus/X7CqbP8X">hippocampus</a> participates in the <a href="/facts/Encoding_(memory)/H08V1MhT">encoding</a>, <a href="/facts/Memory_consolidation/n9JtsvIB">consolidation</a>, and retrieval of memories. The hippocampus is located in the medial temporal lobe (subcortical), and is an infolding of the medial temporal cortex. The hippocampus plays an important role in the transfer of information from <a href="/facts/Short-term_memory/xaFod2bp">short-term memory</a> to <a href="/facts/Long-term_memory/NvxgXP2y">long-term memory</a> during encoding and retrieval stages. These stages do not need to occur successively, but are, as studies seem to indicate, and they are broadly divided in the neuronal mechanisms that they require or even in the hippocampal areas that they seem to activate. According to Gazzaniga, "encoding is the processing of incoming information that creates memory traces to be stored." There are two steps to the encoding process: "acquisition" and "consolidation". During the acquisition process, stimuli are committed to short term memory. Then, consolidation is where the hippocampus along with other cortical structures stabilize an object within long term memory, which strengthens over time, and is a process for which a number of theories have arisen to explain the underlying mechanism. After encoding, the hippocampus is capable of going through the retrieval process. The retrieval process consists of accessing stored information; this allows learned behaviors to experience conscious depiction and execution. Encoding and retrieval are both affected by <a href="/facts/Neurodegenerative/HTDrVEqc">neurodegenerative</a> and <a href="/facts/Anxiety_disorders/wh9zFH1V">anxiety disorders</a> and <a href="/facts/Epilepsy/wawyp56a">epilepsy</a>.
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Hippocampal memory encoding and retrieval