The temporal lobe is part of the cerebral cortex. It plays a role in memory, enables people to process sound and vision, and is crucial for recognizing objects and language. Dysfunction in the ...

Temporal lobe resection, also called temporal lobectomy ... Surgery isn't the first choice for treating epilepsy symptoms. But it may be an option if seizure medicines haven't worked for you ...

The largest part of the brain, the cerebrum, is divided into four paired sections, called lobes -- the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal ... for people with epilepsy whose seizures ...

Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common seizure disorder, affecting some 50 million people globally. There are two temporal lobes, one on each side of the head behind the temples.

In partial epilepsies such as temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), however, early seizure activity appears in a restricted region and may or may not progress to involve the entire brain or affect level ...

We conducted a randomized, controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of surgery for temporal-lobe epilepsy. Eighty patients with temporal-lobe epilepsy were randomly assigned to surgery ...

Medial temporal lobectomy is effective in improving seizure outcomes among patients with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy, according to a study published online March 6 in Cureus. In a ...

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological condition that causes episodes of abnormal electrical activity in the brain, resulting in seizures. Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) seizures begin in the temporal ...