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#Dentate gyrus.  
#Dentate gyrus.  
#*"Dense" thin layer of nuclei.
#*"Dense" thin layer of nuclei.
#*Quasi "U-shaped"; "open" (top) portion of "U" is superolateral.
#*Image: [http://www.stonybrookmedicalcenter.org/sbumcfiles/images/225-001.jpg Dentate gyrus (stonybrookmedicalcenter.org)].
#*Image: [http://www.stonybrookmedicalcenter.org/sbumcfiles/images/225-001.jpg Dentate gyrus (stonybrookmedicalcenter.org)].
#Hippocampus proper ([[AKA]] ''Ammon's horn'') - this is subdivided:
#Hippocampus proper ([[AKA]] ''Ammon's horn'') - this is subdivided:
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#*CA1 - inferior (next to subiculum).
#*CA1 - inferior (next to subiculum).
#*CA2 - in between CA3 and CA1, lateral.
#*CA2 - in between CA3 and CA1, lateral.
#*CA4 - medial (closest to dentate gyrus).
#*CA4 - medial (closest to dentate gyrus; CA4 sits in "open" part of "U").
#Subicular complex.
#Subicular complex.


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Important note:
Important note:
CA1 - weak link, dies in ischemia, affected by hypoglycemia.
*CA1 - weak link, dies in ischemia, affected by hypoglycemia.
*CA2 - resistant to ischemia.
 
DDx of ischemia-like changes in the hippocampus:
*Toxins.


====Cerebellum====
====Cerebellum====
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