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Avian and mammalian hippocampus: No degrees of freedom in evolution of function
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2004
Abstract:
Aboitiz et al. suggest that the mammalian isocortex is derived from the dorsal cortex of reptiles and birds, and that there has been a major divergence in the connectivity patterns (and hence function) of the mammalian and reptilian/avian hippocampus. There is considerable evidence to suggest, however, that the avian hippocampus serves the exact same function as the mammalian hippocampus.
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