Sentences with phrase «destroyed cells in the hippocampus»

For this study, they destroyed cells in the hippocampus, an area of the brain vital to memory formation and where neurons often die.

The condition known as hyper - cortisolemia can destroy cells in the hippocampus, amygdala, and cerebellum.

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As its name implies, FTD is a fatal disease that destroys cells, or neurons, that comprise the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain — as opposed to Alzheimer's which mainly affects brain's memory centers in the hippocampus.