1. he Hippocampal Formation 2. Historical Perspective: Proposed Functions, Biological Characteristics and Neurobiological Models of the Hippocampus 3. Hippocampal Neuroanatomy 4. Morphological Development of the Hippocampus 5. Structural and Functional Properties of Hippocampal Neurons 6. Synaptic Function 7. Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Function in the Hippocampus: Neurotransmitter Exocytosis, Glutamatergic, GABAergic and Cholinergic Transmission 8. Local Circuits 9. Structural Plasticity 10. Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus 11. Hippocampal Neurophysiology in the Behaving Animal 12. Functional Role of the Human Hippocampus 13. Theories of Hippocampal Function 14. Computational Models of the Spatial and Mnemonic Functions of the Hippocampus 15. Stress and the Hippocampus 16. Hippocampus and Human Disease