Seizures can cause memory loss, and brain-mapping research suggests one reason why
- Written by Anastasia Brodovskaya, Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurology, University of Virginia

Epilepsy is a disease marked by recurrent seizures, or sudden periods of abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. One in 26 people in the U.S. will develop epilepsy at some point in their life. While...