(CREDIT: Cell Stem Cell) The loss of these new brain cells over time mirrored the drop in verbal memory and learning skills. Specifically, this decline was most pronounced during the first 20 years ...

A new study suggests temporal lobe epilepsy may be linked to early aging of certain brain cells. When researchers removed these aging cells in mice, seizures dropped, memory improved, and some animals ...

Epileptic seizures alter sleep by prolonging the stage that's central to memory formation, potentially predisposing the brain to "remember" how to trigger subsequent seizures more easily, a small ...