# The rodent hippocampus as a bilateral structure: A review of hemispheric lateralization

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This also seems to support the evidence on the role of the hippocampus:

> [@The pathways involved in coordinating consciousness (awakeness and awareness) in humans](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-pathways-involved-in-coordinating-consciousness-awakeness-and-awareness-in-humans/7407):
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> Does anyone here have more evidence about the pathways for consciousness in humans? This article is very interesting. Findings Rewrite the Thalamus’s Role in Consciousness University of Iowa neurologist Aaron Boes, MD, PhD, and his colleagues show that the thalamus is not a critical part of the brain pathway involved in keeping humans awake and conscious. “It looks like the pathway most critical for maintaining consciousness runs from the brainstem through the hypothalamus and basal forebrai…

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