Epilepsy and Memory

by Adam Zeman, Narinder Kapur, Marilyn Jones-Gotman

Epilepsy is the most common potentially serious disorder of the brain, and these patients often suffer from memory problems. There are a number of reasons for this: seizures can directly affect the brain in ways that disturb memory; epilepsy often results from trouble in brain regions closely linked to memory; the treatment of epilepsy can affect memory; epilepsy can cause psychological problems, like depression, which interfere with memory. The study...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199580286
• ISBN13: 9780199580286
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.8" x 9.7"