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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosurg Focus. 2009 Jul;27(1):E3. doi: 10.3171/2009.4.FOCUS0975

TABLE 1.

Brain structures thought to be important in processing learning and memory, and that may present potential targets for stimulation

Potential Targets Presumed Primary Function
hippocampus semantic/episodic memory
hypothalamus episodic memory
striatum associative/procedural memory
anterior cingulate cortex reward-based & emotional memory
orbitofrontal cortex reward-based memory
amygdala fear-conditioning, emotional memory