hippocampal efferents, subcortical

Introduction

Projections from the hippocampal formation to subcortical structures, arise from:

• entorhinal cortex
• subiculum
• cornu ammonis CA1
• cornu ammonis CA2

Efferents

• septal nuclei
• anterior nucleus of thalamus
• mammillary body
• claustrum
• amygdala
• nucleus accumbens
• striatum (caudate/putamen)
• hypothalamus

More general terms

• hippocampal efferents

More specific terms

• amygdala
• anterior thalamic nucleus
• claustrum
• hypothalamus
• mammillary body (mammillary tubercle of hypothalamus)
• nucleus accumbens
• septal nucleus
• striatum