A man who became the centre of memory research for over 50 years after parts of his brains were removed to treat a peculiar form of amnesia is back in news. New research reveals that a significant portion of his hippocampus - thought to have been completely removed in surgery in 1953 - was actually intact. How did the new research reach this conclusion? After the death of Patient H.M. - whose real name was Henry Molaison - in 2008 a team led by Jacopo Annese director of The Brain Observatory in San Diego California and his team cut the
