"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)
| Descriptor ID |
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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Epilepsy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Epilepsy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1998 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 1999 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2002 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2005 | 24 | 2 | 26 |
| 2006 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| 2007 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2008 | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| 2009 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2010 | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 2011 | 24 | 7 | 31 |
| 2012 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2013 | 19 | 5 | 24 |
| 2014 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| 2015 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| 2016 | 24 | 6 | 30 |
| 2017 | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 2018 | 21 | 3 | 24 |
| 2019 | 25 | 3 | 28 |
| 2020 | 30 | 7 | 37 |
| 2021 | 41 | 3 | 44 |
| 2022 | 42 | 0 | 42 |
| 2023 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epilepsy" by people in Profiles.
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Khalife MR, Villarin C, Ruiz JM, McClelland SA, Rabbo KA, Matthew Mahoney J, Scott RC, Hernan AE. Melanocortin 4 Receptor-Dependent Mechanism of ACTH in Preventing Anxiety-Like Behaviors and Normalizing Astrocyte Proteins after Early Life Seizures. eNeuro. 2025 Mar; 12(3).
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Dave H, McCreary M, Guerra A, Sperling MR. Factors influencing seizure induction in patients with intracranial EEG recording. Epilepsia. 2025 Jun; 66(6):2089-2098.
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Nei M, Ho J, Ho RT. Cardiovascular Effects of Antiseizure Medications for Epilepsy. CNS Drugs. 2025 04; 39(4):383-401.
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Skidmore CT. Neuroimaging in Epilepsy. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2025 02 01; 31(1):61-80.
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Lin K, Eyal S, Demarchi IG, Ben-Shushan T, Auvin S, Khoo CS, Al-Baradie R, Sen A, Newton C, Ngwende GW, Candez NM, Sperling M, Brigo F, Jette N, Wiebe S. Prioritizing questions and topics for the development of guidelines and consensus-based recommendations supported by ILAE: A scoping review and proposal of prioritization criteria. Epilepsia. 2025 May; 66(5):1406-1416.
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Myers P, Gunnarsdottir KM, Li A, Razskazovskiy V, Craley J, Chandler A, Wyeth D, Wyeth E, Zaghloul KA, Inati SK, Hopp JL, Haridas B, Gonzalez-Martinez J, Bag?c A, Kang JY, Sperling MR, Barot N, Sarma SV, Husari KS. Diagnosing Epilepsy with Normal Interictal EEG Using Dynamic Network Models. Ann Neurol. 2025 05; 97(5):907-918.
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Alcala-Zermeno JL, Romozzi M, Sperling MR. The effect of epilepsy surgery on tonic-clonic seizures. Epilepsia. 2025 Apr; 66(4):1048-1058.
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Weiss SA, Sperling MR, Engel J, Staba R. To plan efficacious epilepsy surgery. Brain. 2024 Aug 01; 147(8):e55-e57.
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Sperling MR. Farewell from the Editor-in-Chief. Epilepsia. 2024 Aug; 65(8):2183-2184.
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Mesraoua B, Brigo F, Lattanzi S, Perucca E, Ali M, Asadi-Pooya AA. Safe delivery, perinatal outcomes and breastfeeding in women with epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2024 07; 156:109827.