Disorders of short-term and long-term memory in epileptics are most likely caused by a decrease in the number of cells in certain parts of the hippocampus - the part of the brain that is responsible for memory and memory.

Scientists at the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) claim that in all patients with temporal lobe epilepsy caused by sclerotic changes in the hippocampus, the right side of the hippocampus was more “defective” than the left, that is, the number of cells in this area of \u200b\u200bthe brain was reduced.

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Experts note that there is also a relationship between the number of cells in the right side of the hippocampus and a person’s ability to delay the reproduction of information received. This means that a decrease in the number of cells on the left side of the hippocampus leads to a worse reproduction of verbally presented information, and on the right side to the inability to transmit and describe visual images over time.

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