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mammillary bodies  

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  • “The mammillary bodies are brainstem nuclei on the posteroinferior aspect of the hypothalamus. There are 2 mammillary bodies on either side of the midline.“ (Peterson et al., 2022).

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  • mammillary body

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  • • Peterson, D. C., Reddy, V., & Mayes, D. A. (2022). Neuroanatomy, Mammillary Bodies. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537192/

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Vann, S. D., & Aggleton, J. P. (2004). The mamillary bodies: Two memory systems in one? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 5(1), 35–44. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn1299

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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