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.
Medical and Health Information Directory (MHID) provides a comprehensive guide to organizations, agencies and institutions; publications and information sources; and services and programs in the medicine and health-related fields.