 Anticonvulsants
"Anticonvulsants" 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.
Drugs used to prevent SEIZURES or reduce their severity.
| Descriptor ID |
D000927
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.427.080
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| Concept/Terms |
Anticonvulsants- Anticonvulsants
- Anticonvulsive Agents
- Agents, Anticonvulsive
- Anticonvulsive Drugs
- Drugs, Anticonvulsive
- Anticonvulsant Drugs
- Drugs, Anticonvulsant
Antiepileptic Agents- Antiepileptic Agents
- Agents, Antiepileptic
- Antiepileptics
- Antiepileptic Drugs
- Drugs, Antiepileptic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Anticonvulsants" by people in this website by year, and whether "Anticonvulsants" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2006 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2010 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2011 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2012 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2015 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2017 | 8 | 3 | 11 | | 2018 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2019 | 6 | 8 | 14 | | 2020 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2021 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2022 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 2023 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2024 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2025 | 11 | 2 | 13 | | 2026 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anticonvulsants" by people in Profiles.
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Woodward J, Moore M, Strom L, Watson M, Pellinen J. Inappropriate prescribing of antiseizure medications in people with functional seizures: A call to action. Epilepsy Behav. 2026 Aug; 181:111087.
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Laux L, Sullivan J, Perry MS, Brunklaus A, Desurkar A, Schreiber JM, Roberts CM, Knupp KG, Wheless JW, Wirrell EC, Ventola P, Wang F, Lynch J, Parkerson KA, Ticho B, Cross JH. Zorevunersen in Children and Adolescents with Dravet Syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2026 Mar 05; 394(10):969-982.
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Auvin S, Arzimanoglou A, French J, Knupp KG, Lagae L, Trinka E, Dlugos D, Perucca E. Evolution of the European Medicines Agency clinical guidelines for epilepsy drug development between 2010 and 2025: A comparative analysis by the ILAE Task Force on Regulatory Affairs. Epilepsia. 2026 Jun; 67(6):2743-2754.
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Riva HR, Zheng S, Sohail N, Newman SA, Ortiz PE. Rechallenge of Lamotrigine After Rash: A Systematic Review. J Clin Psychiatry. 2025 Dec 31; 87(1).
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Shah MI, Adelgais KM, Chamberlain JM, Wang HE, Morgan LA, Riviello JJ, Said RR, Sullivan JE, Ghaffari KF, Kothari KM, Saidinejad M, Lowe RA, Fowler RL, Counts CR, Morris CR, Studnek JR, Glober NK, Ward CE, Clemency BM, Patrick N, Munn RD, Brant-Zawadzki GM, Martin-Gill C, Nishijima DK, Li K, Sepulveda N, VanBuren JM. Methodology for the Pediatric Dose Optimization for Seizures in Emergency Medical Services (PediDOSE) study. Trials. 2025 Dec 13; 27(1):53.
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Knupp KG, Scheffer IE, Schoonjans AS, Sullivan J, Lagae L, Auvin S, Thiele EA, Guerrini R, Zuberi SM, Nabbout R, Riney K, Nickels KC, Davis R, Lock MD, Dai D, Minh T, Zhang Roper R, Dickson N, Langlois M, Lothe A, Gil-Nagel A. Final analysis from an open-label extension study of fenfluramine for the treatment of seizures in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: long-term impact on patients and caregivers. Epilepsy Behav. 2025 Dec; 173:110753.
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Samanta D, Newell G, Caraway AR, Brock E, Albert GW, Novotny EJ, Depositario Cabacar DF, Oluigbo CO, Gaillard WD, Tatachar P, Bolton JB, Wong-Kisiel L, Romanowski EF, Mcnamara NA, Eschbach K, Alexander AL, Auguste KI, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Bernardo D, Ostendorf AP, Coryell J, Karia S, Karakas C, Javarayee PK, Pichon PD, Olaya J, Shrey DW, Reddy SB, Ganesh A, Hauptman JS, Singh RK, Ciliberto M, Marashly A, Grinspan ZM, Nangia S, Arredondo K, Miller DJ, Sattar S, Montenegro M, Agarwal N, Galan FN, Wagner J, Abel TJ, Knox AT, Perry MS. Factors Associated With More Medication Trials Before Surgical Evaluation and Postsurgical Outcomes in Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. Neurology. 2025 Nov 11; 105(9):e214198.
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Yu H, Young JG, Petimar J, Rifas-Shiman SL, Daley MF, Heerman WJ, Janicke DM, Jones WS, Kawahara T, Lewis KH, Lin PD, Toh S, Weisholtz DS, Block JP. Long-Term Medication-Induced Weight Change Across Common Antiseizure Medications: A Target Trial Emulation Study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Dec; 33(12):2355-2364.
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Aboumatar S, Gavvala JR, Jaisani Z, Kuzniecky R, Privitera M, Ring M, Rosenfeld WE, Pellinen J. Electrographic seizures on responsive neurostimulation: An early and objective measure of response to cenobamate. Epilepsy Res. 2025 Dec; 218:107647.
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Pour-Rashidi A, Zandpazandi S, Hsu S, Shakeri A, Safari N, Apuzzo M, Stieg PE. Comparative analysis of monotherapy versus duotherapy with antiseizure medications for intraoperative and early postoperative seizure control in glioma patients undergoing awake craniotomy. J Neurooncol. 2025 Oct; 175(1):303-312.
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