 Seizures
"Seizures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Clinical or subclinical disturbances of cortical function due to a sudden, abnormal, excessive, and disorganized discharge of brain cells. Clinical manifestations include abnormal motor, sensory and psychic phenomena. Recurrent seizures are usually referred to as EPILEPSY or "seizure disorder."
| Descriptor ID |
D012640
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.742 C23.888.592.742
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| Concept/Terms |
Atonic Absence Seizures- Atonic Absence Seizures
- Absence Seizure, Atonic
- Absence Seizures, Atonic
- Atonic Absence Seizure
- Seizure, Atonic Absence
- Seizures, Atonic Absence
Absence Seizures- Absence Seizures
- Absence Seizure
- Seizure, Absence
- Petit Mal Convulsion
- Convulsion, Petit Mal
Convulsive Seizures- Convulsive Seizures
- Convulsive Seizure
- Seizure, Convulsive
- Seizures, Motor
- Motor Seizure
- Motor Seizures
- Seizure, Motor
- Seizures, Convulsive
Seizures, Focal- Seizures, Focal
- Focal Seizure
- Focal Seizures
- Seizure, Focal
- Partial Seizures
- Partial Seizure
- Seizure, Partial
- Seizures, Partial
Convulsion, Non-Epileptic- Convulsion, Non-Epileptic
- Convulsion, Non Epileptic
- Convulsions, Non-Epileptic
- Non-Epileptic Convulsion
- Non-Epileptic Convulsions
Seizures, Vertiginous- Seizures, Vertiginous
- Seizure, Vertiginous
- Vertiginous Seizure
- Vertiginous Seizures
- Seizures, Vestibular
- Seizure, Vestibular
- Vestibular Seizure
- Vestibular Seizures
Nonepileptic Seizures- Nonepileptic Seizures
- Nonepileptic Seizure
- Seizure, Nonepileptic
- Seizures, Nonepileptic
- Non-Epileptic Seizures
- Non Epileptic Seizures
- Non-Epileptic Seizure
- Seizure, Non-Epileptic
- Seizures, Non-Epileptic
Complex Partial Seizures- Complex Partial Seizures
- Complex Partial Seizure
- Partial Seizure, Complex
- Partial Seizures, Complex
- Seizure, Complex Partial
- Seizures, Complex Partial
Single Seizure- Single Seizure
- Seizure, Single
- Seizures, Single
- Single Seizures
Generalized Absence Seizures- Generalized Absence Seizures
- Absence Seizure, Generalized
- Absence Seizures, Generalized
- Generalized Absence Seizure
- Seizure, Generalized Absence
- Seizures, Generalized Absence
Tonic-Clonic Seizures- Tonic-Clonic Seizures
- Seizure, Tonic-Clonic
- Tonic Clonic Seizures
- Tonic-Clonic Seizure
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures
- Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizures
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure
- Seizure, Generalized Tonic-Clonic
- Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic
- Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Generalized
- Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Generalized
Atonic Seizures- Atonic Seizures
- Atonic Seizure
- Seizure, Atonic
- Seizures, Atonic
Myoclonic Seizures- Myoclonic Seizures
- Myoclonic Seizure
- Seizure, Myoclonic
- Seizures, Myoclonic
Epileptic Seizures- Epileptic Seizures
- Epileptic Seizure
- Seizure, Epileptic
- Seizures, Epileptic
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| 1989 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1990 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 1991 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 1992 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1993 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1998 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2001 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2003 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2004 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2005 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2007 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2008 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2009 | 4 | 8 | 12 | | 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2011 | 8 | 5 | 13 | | 2012 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2013 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2014 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 2015 | 9 | 5 | 14 | | 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2017 | 8 | 3 | 11 | | 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Seizures" by people in Profiles.
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Eschbach K, Knupp KG. Stiripentol for the treatment of seizures in Dravet syndrome. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2019 May; 12(5):379-388.
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Mulcahy Levy JM, McMahon M. Linking brain tumors and epileptic seizures. Nat Med. 2018 11; 24(11):1638-1639.
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Lim Z, Wong K, Downs J, Bebbington K, Demarest S, Leonard H. Vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of refractory epilepsy in the CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder. Epilepsy Res. 2018 10; 146:36-40.
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Dingman AL, Stence NV, O'Neill BR, Sillau SH, Chapman KE. Seizure Severity Is Correlated With Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury in Abusive Head Trauma. Pediatr Neurol. 2018 05; 82:29-35.
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Eissa TL, Dijkstra K, Brune C, Emerson RG, van Putten MJAM, Goodman RR, McKhann GM, Schevon CA, van Drongelen W, van Gils SA. Cross-scale effects of neural interactions during human neocortical seizure activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 10 03; 114(40):10761-10766.
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Sampath D, Valdez R, White AM, Raol YH. Anticonvulsant effect of flupirtine in an animal model of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Neuropharmacology. 2017 Sep 01; 123:126-135.
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Van Matre ET, Mueller SW, Fish DN, MacLaren R, Cava LF, Neumann RT, Kiser TH. Levetiracetam Pharmacokinetics in a Patient with Intracranial Hemorrhage Undergoing Continuous Veno-Venous Hemofiltration. Am J Case Rep. 2017 Apr 27; 18:458-462.
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Parikh K, Berry J, Hall M, Mussman GM, Montalbano A, Thomson J, Morse R, Wilson KM, Shah SS. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Pediatric Readmissions for Common Chronic Conditions. J Pediatr. 2017 07; 186:158-164.e1.
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Bramswig NC, Lüdecke HJ, Hamdan FF, Altmüller J, Beleggia F, Elcioglu NH, Freyer C, Gerkes EH, Demirkol YK, Knupp KG, Kuechler A, Li Y, Lowenstein DH, Michaud JL, Park K, Stegmann APA, Veenstra-Knol HE, Wieland T, Wollnik B, Engels H, Strom TM, Kleefstra T, Wieczorek D. Heterozygous HNRNPU variants cause early onset epilepsy and severe intellectual disability. Hum Genet. 2017 07; 136(7):821-834.
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Ruzas CM, DeWitt PE, Bennett KS, Chapman KE, Harlaar N, Bennett TD. EEG Monitoring and Antiepileptic Drugs in Children with Severe TBI. Neurocrit Care. 2017 04; 26(2):256-266.
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