 Epilepsy
"Epilepsy" 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.
A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313)
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D004827
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.490
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| Concept/Terms |
Epilepsy- Epilepsy
- Epilepsies
- Seizure Disorder
- Seizure Disorders
Epilepsy, Cryptogenic- Epilepsy, Cryptogenic
- Cryptogenic Epilepsies
- Cryptogenic Epilepsy
- Epilepsies, Cryptogenic
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1999 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2010 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2011 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2012 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2014 | 8 | 1 | 9 | | 2015 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2016 | 8 | 5 | 13 | | 2017 | 12 | 2 | 14 | | 2018 | 12 | 2 | 14 | | 2019 | 14 | 3 | 17 | | 2020 | 15 | 1 | 16 | | 2021 | 19 | 2 | 21 | | 2022 | 18 | 2 | 20 | | 2023 | 27 | 0 | 27 | | 2024 | 13 | 5 | 18 | | 2025 | 13 | 2 | 15 | | 2026 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epilepsy" by people in Profiles.
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Figueroa AG, Joshi CN, Patel MN. From clinical practice to mechanistic insights in ketogenic diets for epilepsy. Lancet Neurol. 2026 May; 25(5):519-532.
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Jeno M, Koop J, Gabriel M, Caraway A, Novotny E, Patrick K, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Auguste K, Ostendorf A, McNally K, Alexander A, Berrios-Servios G, Eschbach K, Bolton J, Ailion A, Singh R, Wong-Kisiel L, Zaccariello M, Tatachar P, Duong P, Depositario-Cabacar D, Berl M, Sepeta L, Karakas C, Karia S, Mohapatra L, Rowmanowski E, McNamara N, Hodges E, Shrey D, Hennrick H, Olaya J, Arredondo K, DeLeon R, Reddy S, Molnar A, Javarayee P, Park SE, Coryell J, Olsen E, Bearden DJ, Winston M, Samanta D, Armstrong D, Wolf S, McGoldrick P, Marashly A, Grinspan Z, Nangia S, Perry M, Ciliberto M. Neuropsychological assessments in a large cohort of pediatric palliative epilepsy surgery patients. Epilepsy Behav. 2026 May; 178:110943.
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Mocker H, Pellinen J, Elder C. Cerebellar involvement and stimulation in epilepsy. Curr Opin Neurol. 2026 Apr 01; 39(2):101-106.
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Eschbach K, Silveira L, Spelbrink EM, Wirrell E, Bhatia S, Bearden DJ, Ludwig NN. Neuropsychological referral practices in early life epilepsy (ELE): A survey of the pediatric epilepsy research Consortium. Epilepsy Behav. 2026 Apr; 177:110934.
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Berl MM, Wagner J, Caraway A, Loblein H, Novotny EJ, Patrick K, Ostendorf AP, Alexander AL, Eschbach KL, Depositario-Cabacar DF, Vu TA, Oluigbo C, Karia SR, Karakas C, Wong-Kisiel LC, Romanowski EF, McNamara NA, Bolton J, Ailion A, Tatachar P, Pichon PD, Shrey DW, Singh RK, Coryell J, Lin JJ, Koop J, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Auguste K, Bernardo D, Ciliberto MA, Reddy SB, Ganesh A, Arredondo K, Grinspan Z, Nangia S, Samanta D, Marashly A, Armstrong D, Perry MS. Disparities across the pediatric epilepsy surgery journey: Referral, recommendation, and completion from a national consortium. Epilepsia. 2026 Apr; 67(4):1601-1613.
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McClure DL, Hanson KE, Sundaram ME, Kieke BA, Duffy J, McNeil MM, Glanz JM, Irving SA, Williams JTB, Kharbanda EO, Xu S, Zerbo O, Nelson JC, Belongia EA, Weintraub ES. Incident Epilepsy and Vaccination Status or Vaccine Aluminum Exposure in Children Under Age 4. J Pediatr. 2026 05; 292:115004.
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Kerr WT, McFarlane KN, Allas CH, Terman SW, Reuber M, Seo SH, Barnard P, Koek AY, Karimi AH, Sreenivasan SS, Grauer JS, Sun D, Watson M, Patterson EH, Castellano J, Bagic AI, Hickman LB, Kutschman KH, Knowles L, Wardrope A, Ostwal P, MacDonald BK, Berry M, Reddy L, Robinson-Mayer N, Beimer NJ, Reddy R, Yaghoubi SK, Kirkpatrick LA, Carns DR, Israel AJ, Feusner JD, Xia Z, Wang Y, Strom LA, Pennell PB, Stern JM, Hadjiiski L, Stacey WC. Quantifying the impact of a computer-aided diagnostic score on the clinical diagnosis of functional seizures. Epilepsia. 2026 Apr; 67(4):1748-1759.
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Abbott M, Angione K, Stringfellow M, Malik K, Saenz M, Miele A, Syverson K, Maniar B, Borello J, Chaby L, Demarest S. Evaluation of epilepsy in 8p-related disorders. Epilepsy Res. 2026 Feb; 220:107720.
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Kushner JK, Hoffman PB, Brzezinski CR, O'Neill BR, Hankinson TC, Wilkinson CC, Handler MH, Hoeffer CA, Alexander AL. 4-Aminopyridine induced hyperpolarizing oscillations in pediatric human epileptic tissue are network-driven potassium currents that are abolished by activation of KCNQ2-5 (Kv7.2-Kv7.5) channels. Neurobiol Dis. 2026 01; 218:107252.
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Iyer SN, Duarte Z, Pucci GF, Pirnia T, McFarlane KN, Carns DR, Israel A, Goyette K, Concilus B, Beimer NJ, Pennell PB, O'Neal MA, Strom LA, Kirkpatrick LA, Ta J, Cuello-Oderiz C, Kerr WT. Proposed criteria of levels of evidence for co-occurring epilepsy in people with functional/dissociative seizures. Epilepsia. 2026 Mar; 67(3):1345-1357.
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