Spatial learning such as active place avoidance is a hippocampus dependent task. But what are the other brain regions that could be involved in this kind of test in animal study?
While maybe not directly tied to memory, the amygdala might be a good place to start.
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/35/8/3470.long
I agree with the previous comment. More specifically, you can divide and start with Central amygdala (CA) and Basal lateral amygdala (BLA). Among other parts, these two regions of amygdala plays crucial role in learning and memory.
Hello,
Please follow the links below. The first paper is about the roles of BLA on long-term memory formation and the second one is about the roles of amygdala on hippocampal memory storage.
http://www.pnas.org/content/93/24/13508.full.pdf
http://www.psych.nyu.edu/phelpslab/papers/04_CON_V14.pdf