What Does a Subiculum Do?

What Does a Subiculum Do?

In particular, I suggest that there is an anatomically generated segregation of function within the subiculum, such that dorsal subiculum plays a particular role in the processing of spatial, mnemonic and movement information and ventral subiculum plays a particular role in the mediation of the hippocampal formation

hippocampal formation
The hippocampal formation is a prominent C-shaped structure bulging in the floor of the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle. ... The other regions that together comprise the hippocampal formation consist of the dentate gyrus, the subicular complex, and the entorhinal cortex.
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What is the function of the subiculum?

We suggest that the term "subicular complex" embraces a heterogenous range of distinct structures and this phrase does not connote a functionally or anatomically meaningful grouping of structures.

Where is the subiculum located in the brain?

The subiculum (plural: subicula) is located in the mesial temporal lobe and is a subdivision of the hippocampal formation, along with Ammon's horn, the entorhinal cortex and the hippocampus proper.

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