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Thinking seizures

MedGen UID:
1647683
Concept ID:
C4706523
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Thinking epilepsy; thinking seizures
SNOMED CT: Thinking seizures (763622006); Thinking epilepsy (763622006)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0015647
Orphanet: ORPHA166424

Definition

A rare neurologic disease characterized by seizures induced by specific cognitive tasks, such as calculation or solving arithmetic problems, playing thinking games (e.g. chess, cards), thinking, making decisions and abstract reasoning. Idiopathic generalized seizures are mainly involved, but partial epilepsies may, in rare cases, be observed. [from SNOMEDCT_US]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVThinking seizures

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Pressler RM, Abend NS, Auvin S, Boylan G, Brigo F, Cilio MR, De Vries LS, Elia M, Espeche A, Hahn CD, Inder T, Jette N, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Mader S, Mizrahi EM, Moshé SL, Nagarajan L, Noyman I, Nunes ML, Samia P, Shany E, Shellhaas RA, Subota A, Triki CC, Tsuchida T, Vinayan KP, Wilmshurst JM, Yozawitz EG, Hartmann H
Epilepsia 2023 Oct;64(10):2550-2570. Epub 2023 Sep 1 doi: 10.1111/epi.17745. PMID: 37655702
Wirrell EC, Hood V, Knupp KG, Meskis MA, Nabbout R, Scheffer IE, Wilmshurst J, Sullivan J
Epilepsia 2022 Jul;63(7):1761-1777. Epub 2022 May 12 doi: 10.1111/epi.17274. PMID: 35490361Free PMC Article
Hyman SL, Levy SE, Myers SM; COUNCIL ON CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, SECTION ON DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS
Pediatrics 2020 Jan;145(1) Epub 2019 Dec 16 doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3447. PMID: 31843864

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pressler RM, Abend NS, Auvin S, Boylan G, Brigo F, Cilio MR, De Vries LS, Elia M, Espeche A, Hahn CD, Inder T, Jette N, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Mader S, Mizrahi EM, Moshé SL, Nagarajan L, Noyman I, Nunes ML, Samia P, Shany E, Shellhaas RA, Subota A, Triki CC, Tsuchida T, Vinayan KP, Wilmshurst JM, Yozawitz EG, Hartmann H
Epilepsia 2023 Oct;64(10):2550-2570. Epub 2023 Sep 1 doi: 10.1111/epi.17745. PMID: 37655702
Wirrell EC, Hood V, Knupp KG, Meskis MA, Nabbout R, Scheffer IE, Wilmshurst J, Sullivan J
Epilepsia 2022 Jul;63(7):1761-1777. Epub 2022 May 12 doi: 10.1111/epi.17274. PMID: 35490361Free PMC Article
Severino M, Geraldo AF, Utz N, Tortora D, Pogledic I, Klonowski W, Triulzi F, Arrigoni F, Mankad K, Leventer RJ, Mancini GMS, Barkovich JA, Lequin MH, Rossi A
Brain 2020 Oct 1;143(10):2874-2894. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa174. PMID: 32779696Free PMC Article
Dupont S
Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil 2019 Mar 1;17(S1):25-30. doi: 10.1684/pnv.2019.0782. PMID: 30916648
Scheffer IE, Berkovic S, Capovilla G, Connolly MB, French J, Guilhoto L, Hirsch E, Jain S, Mathern GW, Moshé SL, Nordli DR, Perucca E, Tomson T, Wiebe S, Zhang YH, Zuberi SM
Epilepsia 2017 Apr;58(4):512-521. Epub 2017 Mar 8 doi: 10.1111/epi.13709. PMID: 28276062Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Pressler RM, Abend NS, Auvin S, Boylan G, Brigo F, Cilio MR, De Vries LS, Elia M, Espeche A, Hahn CD, Inder T, Jette N, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Mader S, Mizrahi EM, Moshé SL, Nagarajan L, Noyman I, Nunes ML, Samia P, Shany E, Shellhaas RA, Subota A, Triki CC, Tsuchida T, Vinayan KP, Wilmshurst JM, Yozawitz EG, Hartmann H
Epilepsia 2023 Oct;64(10):2550-2570. Epub 2023 Sep 1 doi: 10.1111/epi.17745. PMID: 37655702
Wirrell EC, Hood V, Knupp KG, Meskis MA, Nabbout R, Scheffer IE, Wilmshurst J, Sullivan J
Epilepsia 2022 Jul;63(7):1761-1777. Epub 2022 May 12 doi: 10.1111/epi.17274. PMID: 35490361Free PMC Article
Severino M, Geraldo AF, Utz N, Tortora D, Pogledic I, Klonowski W, Triulzi F, Arrigoni F, Mankad K, Leventer RJ, Mancini GMS, Barkovich JA, Lequin MH, Rossi A
Brain 2020 Oct 1;143(10):2874-2894. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa174. PMID: 32779696Free PMC Article
Hyman SL, Levy SE, Myers SM; COUNCIL ON CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, SECTION ON DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS
Pediatrics 2020 Jan;145(1) Epub 2019 Dec 16 doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3447. PMID: 31843864
Scheffer IE, Berkovic S, Capovilla G, Connolly MB, French J, Guilhoto L, Hirsch E, Jain S, Mathern GW, Moshé SL, Nordli DR, Perucca E, Tomson T, Wiebe S, Zhang YH, Zuberi SM
Epilepsia 2017 Apr;58(4):512-521. Epub 2017 Mar 8 doi: 10.1111/epi.13709. PMID: 28276062Free PMC Article

Therapy

Avila EK, Tobochnik S, Inati SK, Koekkoek JAF, McKhann GM, Riviello JJ, Rudà R, Schiff D, Tatum WO, Templer JW, Weller M, Wen PY
Neuro Oncol 2024 Jan 5;26(1):7-24. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad154. PMID: 37699031Free PMC Article
Pressler RM, Abend NS, Auvin S, Boylan G, Brigo F, Cilio MR, De Vries LS, Elia M, Espeche A, Hahn CD, Inder T, Jette N, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Mader S, Mizrahi EM, Moshé SL, Nagarajan L, Noyman I, Nunes ML, Samia P, Shany E, Shellhaas RA, Subota A, Triki CC, Tsuchida T, Vinayan KP, Wilmshurst JM, Yozawitz EG, Hartmann H
Epilepsia 2023 Oct;64(10):2550-2570. Epub 2023 Sep 1 doi: 10.1111/epi.17745. PMID: 37655702
Dupont S
Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil 2019 Mar 1;17(S1):25-30. doi: 10.1684/pnv.2019.0782. PMID: 30916648
Schmiegelow K, Attarbaschi A, Barzilai S, Escherich G, Frandsen TL, Halsey C, Hough R, Jeha S, Kato M, Liang DC, Mikkelsen TS, Möricke A, Niinimäki R, Piette C, Putti MC, Raetz E, Silverman LB, Skinner R, Tuckuviene R, van der Sluis I, Zapotocka E; Ponte di Legno toxicity working group
Lancet Oncol 2016 Jun;17(6):e231-e239. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30035-3. PMID: 27299279
Kirshner HS
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2014 Sep;14(9):476. doi: 10.1007/s11910-014-0476-2. PMID: 25027262

Prognosis

Avila EK, Tobochnik S, Inati SK, Koekkoek JAF, McKhann GM, Riviello JJ, Rudà R, Schiff D, Tatum WO, Templer JW, Weller M, Wen PY
Neuro Oncol 2024 Jan 5;26(1):7-24. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad154. PMID: 37699031Free PMC Article
Schaper FLWVJ, Nordberg J, Cohen AL, Lin C, Hsu J, Horn A, Ferguson MA, Siddiqi SH, Drew W, Soussand L, Winkler AM, Simó M, Bruna J, Rheims S, Guenot M, Bucci M, Nummenmaa L, Staals J, Colon AJ, Ackermans L, Bubrick EJ, Peters JM, Wu O, Rost NS, Grafman J, Blumenfeld H, Temel Y, Rouhl RPW, Joutsa J, Fox MD
JAMA Neurol 2023 Sep 1;80(9):891-902. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.1988. PMID: 37399040Free PMC Article
Nolan JP, Sandroni C, Böttiger BW, Cariou A, Cronberg T, Friberg H, Genbrugge C, Haywood K, Lilja G, Moulaert VRM, Nikolaou N, Mariero Olasveengen T, Skrifvars MB, Taccone F, Soar J
Resuscitation 2021 Apr;161:220-269. Epub 2021 Mar 24 doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.02.012. PMID: 33773827
Dupont S
Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil 2019 Mar 1;17(S1):25-30. doi: 10.1684/pnv.2019.0782. PMID: 30916648
Bourgeois BF, Douglass LM, Sankar R
Epilepsia 2014 Sep;55 Suppl 4:4-9. doi: 10.1111/epi.12567. PMID: 25284032

Clinical prediction guides

Wong S, Simmons A, Villicana JR, Barnett S
Sensors (Basel) 2023 Oct 10;23(20) doi: 10.3390/s23208375. PMID: 37896469Free PMC Article
McGonigal A, Bartolomei F, Chauvel P
Epilepsia 2021 Sep;62(9):2019-2035. Epub 2021 Jul 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.16994. PMID: 34247399
Shum J, Fogarty A, Dugan P, Holmes MG, Leeman-Markowski BA, Liu AA, Fisher RS, Friedman D
Seizure 2020 May;78:86-90. Epub 2020 Mar 18 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.03.008. PMID: 32276233Free PMC Article
Leitinger M, Beniczky S, Rohracher A, Gardella E, Kalss G, Qerama E, Höfler J, Hess Lindberg-Larsen A, Kuchukhidze G, Dobesberger J, Langthaler PB, Trinka E
Epilepsy Behav 2015 Aug;49:158-63. Epub 2015 Jun 17 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.05.007. PMID: 26092326
Loughman A, Bowden SC, D'Souza W
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2014 Jun;43:20-34. Epub 2014 Mar 14 doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.02.012. PMID: 24631851

Recent systematic reviews

Cao Y, Li H, Chen M, Wang P, Shi F, Zhu X, Peng A, Li S, Chen L
Epilepsy Behav 2024 Jan;150:109555. Epub 2023 Dec 21 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109555. PMID: 38128315
Pressler RM, Abend NS, Auvin S, Boylan G, Brigo F, Cilio MR, De Vries LS, Elia M, Espeche A, Hahn CD, Inder T, Jette N, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Mader S, Mizrahi EM, Moshé SL, Nagarajan L, Noyman I, Nunes ML, Samia P, Shany E, Shellhaas RA, Subota A, Triki CC, Tsuchida T, Vinayan KP, Wilmshurst JM, Yozawitz EG, Hartmann H
Epilepsia 2023 Oct;64(10):2550-2570. Epub 2023 Sep 1 doi: 10.1111/epi.17745. PMID: 37655702
Coughlin CR 2nd, Tseng LA, Abdenur JE, Ashmore C, Boemer F, Bok LA, Boyer M, Buhas D, Clayton PT, Das A, Dekker H, Evangeliou A, Feillet F, Footitt EJ, Gospe SM Jr, Hartmann H, Kara M, Kristensen E, Lee J, Lilje R, Longo N, Lunsing RJ, Mills P, Papadopoulou MT, Pearl PL, Piazzon F, Plecko B, Saini AG, Santra S, Sjarif DR, Stockler-Ipsiroglu S, Striano P, Van Hove JLK, Verhoeven-Duif NM, Wijburg FA, Zuberi SM, van Karnebeek CDM
J Inherit Metab Dis 2021 Jan;44(1):178-192. Epub 2020 Dec 1 doi: 10.1002/jimd.12332. PMID: 33200442
Decker BS, Goldfarb DS, Dargan PI, Friesen M, Gosselin S, Hoffman RS, Lavergne V, Nolin TD, Ghannoum M; EXTRIP Workgroup
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2015 May 7;10(5):875-87. Epub 2015 Jan 12 doi: 10.2215/CJN.10021014. PMID: 25583292Free PMC Article
Loughman A, Bowden SC, D'Souza W
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2014 Jun;43:20-34. Epub 2014 Mar 14 doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.02.012. PMID: 24631851

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