?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+case+for+a+relationship+between+human+memory%2C+hippocampus+and+corpus+callosum&rft.creator=Zaidel%2C+Dahlia+W.&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Neurology&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=Unilateral+brain+damage+which+includes+the+hippocampus+leads+to+memory+impairments+consistent+with+hemispheric+specialization+on+the+same+side.++Damage+to+the+corpus+callosum%2C+the+major+connecting+pathway+between+the+left+and+right+hemispheres%2C+also+leads+to+memory+impairments.++This+suggests+both+hemispheric+specialization+on+the+hippocampal+level+and+a+critical+role+for+the+corpus+callosum+in+memory+functions.++A+complete+hippocampal+formation+is+present+on+either+side+of+the+brain+but+traditionally+only+one+is+studied.++However%2C+a+comparison+between+the+neuronal+populations+in+the+hippocampus+on+both+sides+revealed+asymmetry+in+connectivity+among+hippocampal+subfields.++The+profile+of+memory+impairments+of+commissurotomy+(%C2%91split-brain%C2%92)+patients+is+described.++The+results+are+discussed+in+terms+of+a+relationship+between+hippocampus+and+corpus+callosum+in+humans.++As+hemispheric+specialization+evolved%2C+inter-hippocampal+connections+became+less+important+and+the+corpus+callosum+became+prominent+in+memory+functions.%0A&rft.publisher=Society+of+Biology+of+Chile&rft.contributor=Zapata%2C+Patricio&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F919%2F3%2Fsantia.pdf&rft.identifier=++Zaidel%2C+Dahlia+W.++(1995)+The+case+for+a+relationship+between+human+memory%2C+hippocampus+and+corpus+callosum.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F919%2F