 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2009 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2011 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2012 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2014 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2015 | 9 | 4 | 13 | | 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2017 | 13 | 4 | 17 | | 2018 | 5 | 7 | 12 | | 2019 | 14 | 3 | 17 | | 2020 | 8 | 15 | 23 | | 2021 | 3 | 15 | 18 | | 2022 | 1 | 21 | 22 | | 2023 | 1 | 33 | 34 | | 2024 | 11 | 13 | 24 | | 2025 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Seizures" by people in Profiles.
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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 Jun 01; 209:106884.
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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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Stanich MV, Memmott T, Ghosh T, Wright MA. A 7-year-old with new-onset seizures, behavior disturbance, and encephalitis. J Neuroimmunol. 2025 Feb 15; 399:578520.
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Gupta S, Rau RE, Kairalla JA, Rabin KR, Wang C, Angiolillo AL, Alexander S, Carroll AJ, Conway S, Gore L, Kirsch I, Kubaney HR, Li AM, McNeer JL, Militano O, Miller TP, Moyer Y, O'Brien MM, Okada M, Reshmi SC, Shago M, Wagner E, Winick N, Wood BL, Haworth-Wright T, Zaman F, Zugmaier G, Zupanec S, Devidas M, Hunger SP, Teachey DT, Raetz EA, Loh ML. Blinatumomab in Standard-Risk B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children. N Engl J Med. 2025 Feb 27; 392(9):875-891.
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Carrel A, Napoli E, Hixson K, Carlsen J, Cruz Del Angel Y, Strode D, Busquet N, Kumar V, Wempe MF, Russek SJ, Brooks-Kayal AR. Ruxolitinib-dependent reduction of seizure load and duration is accompanied by spatial memory improvement in the rat pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurotherapeutics. 2025 Mar; 22(2):e00506.
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Rush BK, Kim L, Savinoff S, Watson M, Strom L. Ask the Patient: Goals for Functional seizure treatment. Epilepsy Behav. 2024 Dec; 161:110141.
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Bigelow LJ, Pope EK, Jarvis JHM, Fiset C, Le Maistre-Matthys C, Benke TA, Bernard PB. Early life seizures and olfactory communication in rats. Epilepsia. 2024 Oct; 65(10):3091-3099.
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