 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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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2008 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2009 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2011 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2012 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2014 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2015 | 9 | 4 | 13 | | 2016 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2017 | 14 | 3 | 17 | | 2018 | 5 | 7 | 12 | | 2019 | 14 | 3 | 17 | | 2020 | 10 | 16 | 26 | | 2021 | 3 | 20 | 23 | | 2022 | 1 | 23 | 24 | | 2023 | 1 | 35 | 36 | | 2024 | 11 | 13 | 24 | | 2025 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Seizures" by people in Profiles.
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Tamura S, Nelson AD, Spratt PWE, Hamada EC, Zhou X, Kyoung H, Li Z, Arnould C, Barskyi V, Krupkin B, Young K, Zhao J, Holden SS, Sahagun A, Keeshen CM, Lu C, Ben-Shalom R, Taloma SE, Schamiloglu S, Li YC, Min L, Jenkins PM, Pan JQ, Paz JT, Sanders SJ, Matharu N, Ahituv N, Bender KJ. CRISPR activation for SCN2A-related neurodevelopmental disorders. Nature. 2025 Oct; 646(8086):983-991.
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Brothers SB, Wolfe-Christensen C, Loblein HJ, Kimbley H, Patrick KE, Sepeta LN, McNally KA, Koop JI, Stilp RL, Ailion A, Boyer K, DeCrow AM, Espe-Pfeifer P, Cooper CM, Gabriel M, Berrios-Siervo GM, Duong PH, Hodges E, Marshall DF, Gaston G, Berl MM, Wagner JL. Depressive symptoms in youth with refractory epilepsy: Exploration of seizure, sociodemographic and cognitive factors. Epilepsy Behav. 2025 Oct; 171:110608.
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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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Morgan LE, Eschbach K, Gilani A, Kammeyer R. Child Neurology: A Case of Rasmussen Syndrome Without Seizures. Neurology. 2025 Jul; 105(1):e213800.
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Moore M, Watson M, Strom L. Assessment of emergency department physician perspectives on people with functional seizures. Epilepsy Behav. 2025 Sep; 170:110494.
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Stillman C, Knupp K, Oliver J, Conley A, Kennedy K, Silveira L, Joshi C. A retrospective analysis of pediatric patients on a ketogenic diet: A comparison of inpatient versus outpatient diet initiations. Epilepsy Res. 2025 Aug; 214:107556.
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Satzer D, Kaye LC, Ojemann SG, Kramer DR, Thompson JA. Aperiodic activity as a biomarker of seizures and neuromodulation. Brain Stimul. 2025 May-Jun; 18(3):738-744.
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Bernard PB, Castano AM, Buonarati OR, Camp CR, Hell JW, Benke TA. Early life seizures chronically disrupt L-type voltage gated calcium channel regulation of mGluR mediated long term depression via interactions with protein phosphatase 2A. Neurobiol Dis. 2025 06 01; 209:106884.
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Newton TJ, Frankel MA, Tosi Z, Kazen AB, Muvvala VK, Loddenkemper T, Spitz MC, Strom L, Friedman D, Lehmkuhle MJ. Validation of a discrete electrographic seizure detection algorithm for extended-duration, reduced-channel wearable EEG. Epilepsia. 2025 Jul; 66(7):2433-2443.
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Agashe S, Cascino GD, Devinsky O, Barnard S, Gidal B, Abou-Khalil B, Holmes MG, Fox J, Klein P, Pellinen J, French JA. Focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures in newly diagnosed focal epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2025 Apr; 66(4):e54-e59.
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