Generalized epilepsy has traditionally been considered a seizure of the "'whole brain.'" However, new research has challenged ...

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A new study has identified brain regions crucial for remembering words and how they are affected in people with temporal lobe ...

Epilepsy, apart from causing seizures, can also lead to memory dysfunction in certain parts of the brain. Shrinkage of ...

Two brain areas, the locus coeruleus and the ventral tegmental area, influence memory formation by competing for control over synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus.

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The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at UCL.

A new scanning technique is giving hope to people with epilepsy who haven’t been helped by medication. Scientists in the UK ...