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  1. How your brain works - Mayo Clinic

    The hippocampus sends memories to be stored in areas of the cerebrum. It then recalls the memories later. Illustration of thalamus. Peripheral nervous system.

  2. A Study of Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy with or without Avoiding the Hippocampus while Treating Patients with Limited or Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer - Mayo Clinic

    Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. The hippocampus is part of the brain that is important for memory. Avoiding the ...

  3. Neurosurgery - Clinical trials

    ... hippocampus and help limit the radiation-induced cognitive decline. It is not yet known whether giving memantine hydrochloride and WBRT with or without ...

  4. Videos - Translational Neuropathology Laboratory - Mayo Clinic Research

    Murray discusses research that has defined a subtype of Alzheimer's disease called "hippocampal sparing Alzheimer's disease" that is neither well-recognized nor ...

  5. Atypical Form of Alzheimer's Disease May be Present in a More Widespread Number of Patients, Mayo Clinic Says

    The variant, called hippocampal sparing AD, made up 11 percent of the 1,821 AD-confirmed brains examined by Mayo Clinic researchers — suggesting this subtype is ...

  6. Study: Lack of brain shrinkage may help predict who develops dementia with Lewy bodies - Mayo Clinic News Network

    The people who had no shrinkage in the hippocampus were 5.8 times more likely to develop probable dementia with Lewy bodies than those who had hippocampal ...

  7. Temporal lobe seizure - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    A process that causes scarring in a part of the temporal lobes called the hippocampus. ... The loss of brain cells in the hippocampus may cause memory problems.

  8. Memantine Hydrochloride and Whole-Brain Radiotherapy With or Without Hippocampal Avoidance in Reducing Neurocognitive Decline in Patients With Brain Metastases - Mayo Clinic

    Using radiation techniques, such as intensity modulated radiotherapy to avoid the hippocampal region during WBRT, may reduce the radiation dose to the ...

  9. Neurology - Clinical trials

    ... hippocampal and neocortical networks with distributed brain activity. ... hippocampus and help limit the radiation-induced cognitive decline. It is ...

  10. New radiotherapy treatment for brain cancer offers superior preservation of cognitive function, Mayo researchers say

    Brown says hippocampal-avoidance whole-brain radiotherapy was developed to help patients with brain cancer avoid cognitive damage during whole-brain radiation ...