The hippocampus is a part of the forebrain, located in the medial temporal lobe. It belongs to the limbic system and plays major roles in long term memory and spatial navigation. Humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in each side of the brain.
The project seeks to develop an ethical and policy framework for building a medical information commons â a networked environment in which diverse sources of health, medical and genomic data on large populations become broadly available for research and clinical use.
The medical information bureau (MIB) is an insurance industry database which holds important medical and other significant non-medical information (driving information and hazardous sports or hobbies) on individuals that have applied for insurance in the past.