Now, five years after the initial dissection took place, Annese, Corkin, and the research team have published an article in Nature Communications with their first set of findings. Published on January 28, 2014, the article reveals that Dr. Scoville had removed less of Henry Molaison’s brain than was previously thought. Before the nearly 50 years of research into H.M.’s condition, it was believed that memory resided in many different areas of the brain. H.M.’s case showed that the hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped structure in the medial temporal lobe, is crucial to the ability to retain learned facts. Although a 1992 MRI showed that parts of H.M.’s hippocampus were still present, scientists believed that the remaining tissue had atrophied. The dissection and subsequent 3-D model revealed that Scoville had missed the posterior hippocampus, and that the tissue had not in fact deteriorated. Another region of the brain, the entorhinal cortex, through which all connections to the hippocampus pass, was removed entirely. The researchers concluded that the entorhinal cortex may have been more important to H.M.’s condition than the removal of parts of his hippocampus. According to Annese, the entorhinal cortex is also the region of the brain that is most heavily impacted in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. In a press release issued in conjunction with the new article, Annese states that, while today’s MRI technology is powerful, there is still no substitute for “the meticulous examination of the actual brain tissue post-mortem.” The methodology he created “provides a level of resolution and detail that dwarfs what even most high-powered MRI scanners can produce.” While Henry Molaison’s unique form of amnesia prevented him from ever completely understanding his contributions to modern neuroscience, he was aware that he was participating in something that would benefit the greater good. When asked about his work with the researchers, he had this to say: