UCI's Xiangmin Xu PhD (IMAGE) University of California - Irvine Caption Xiangmin Xu, PhD, an anatomy and neurobiology professor in the UCI School of Medicine led a team of scientists to discover how newly identified neural circuits in the brain's hippocampal formation play a critical role in object-location learning and memory. Credit UCI School of Medicine Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.