Drawing of part of section through the pes hippocampi major (of a rabbit). The hippocampus is located in the medial temporal lobe of the brain. It plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory, and in spatial memory that enables navigation. Image by Camillo Golgi - 1885 - In \"Sulla fina anatomia degli organi centrali del sistema nervoso\" (On the Fine Structure of the Central Organs of the Nervous System).