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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.

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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.

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