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

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.

MRI revealed regions of increased T2/FLAIR signal bilaterally involving Heschl gyri and the left temporal lobe; susceptibility artifact in the bilateral superior temporal gyri; and diffusion ...

The only randomized controlled trial conducted in this setting to date found a dramatic advantage for surgery over medical treatment in temporal lobe epilepsy. In carefully selected patients ...