 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 | 3 | 4 | | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2003 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 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 | 11 | 3 | 14 | | 2016 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2017 | 13 | 3 | 16 | | 2018 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2019 | 14 | 3 | 17 | | 2020 | 10 | 16 | 26 | | 2021 | 3 | 21 | 24 | | 2022 | 1 | 24 | 25 | | 2023 | 1 | 36 | 37 | | 2024 | 11 | 13 | 24 | | 2025 | 14 | 3 | 17 | | 2026 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Seizures" 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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Karakas C, Warren AEL, Knowles JK, Perry MS, Caraway A, Wong-Kisiel L, Javarayee P, Olaya J, Shrey D, Karia S, Sah J, Ostendorf AP, Tatachar P, Alexander AL, Eschbach K, Bolton J, Reddy SB, McCormack MJ, Singh R, Depositario-Cabacar D, Ciliberto M, Coryell J, Romanowski EF, McNamara N, Giraldo EG, Auguste K, Singhal NS, Clarke DF. Corpus Callosotomy or Focal Surgery in Children Presenting With Generalized Tonic Seizures: Findings From the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium. Pediatr Neurol. 2026 May; 178:170-177.
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Luck S, Golub D, Donaldson H, Nilchian P, Hsu S, Garton A, Dehdashti AR, Stieg PE. Postoperative seizure, stroke, hemorrhage, and cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome rates in adult patients with moyamoya disease undergoing revascularization: a systematic review and proportional meta-analysis. Neurosurg Rev. 2026 Jan 17; 49(1):131.
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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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Karnstedt M, Perszyk RE, Myers SJ, McDaniels E, Somorai M, Borggraefe I, Veenma DCM, Schoonjans AS, Striano P, Fantaneanu TA, Syrbe S, Park K, Chen W, Yuan H, Traynelis SF, Benke TA, Lemke JR, Krey I. Memantine treatment in individuals with GRIN gain-of-function variants is associated with improvements in behavior, development, and seizure frequency. Epilepsia. 2026 Apr; 67(4):1961-1974.
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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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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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Jacoby P, Marsh ED, Demarest S, Saldaris JM, Leonard H, Olson HE, Saby JN, Pestana-Knight E, Rajaraman R, Price D, Weisenberg J, Suter B, Downs J, Benke TA. Beyond Seizures as an Outcome Measure: A Global Severity Scoring System for CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder. Brain Behav. 2025 Nov; 15(11):e71061.
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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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Pellinen J, Sillau S, Morrison C, Maruff P, O'Brien T, Penovich P, French J, Knupp KG, Holmes M, Barnard S, Kanner AM, Meador KJ. Pre-treatment seizures and cognition at the time of focal epilepsy diagnosis. Epilepsy Behav. 2025 Nov; 172:110746.
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