Seizure Semiology — Interactive Study Reference

Explore seizure signs and the studies behind them.

How to use this page

Search and filter

Search for a sign, anatomical term or citation. Anatomy and Semiology select what to look for; ILAE and Lüders select classification groups. Phase and Laterality select timing and side. The remaining filters narrow the evidence by class, type, paper or measurement. Filters apply across all three tabs; Clear filters starts over.

Choose a tab

Signs groups signs by region or classification. Weighted evidence summarizes study support for brain regions (Localization) or side (Lateralization). Sources brings each paper’s results together.

Arrange the results

In Weighted evidence, Order chooses a ranked list or Current organization. For that organization, Organize signs by sets the main groups, Region order sorts the regions, and Within each group chooses the next level.

Use the brain map

Select a Brodmann number to filter by that area; its name appears below the brain. Surface and Left/Right controls change the illustration. Show counts adds the number of matching results at each marker.

Read a paper

Open Results beneath a paper’s title to read its findings, tables and source text. Longer papers scroll within that pane. DOI links open the article.

Read the scores

Dots indicate one, two, or three or more papers. A score combines study weights; it is not a probability. About the scores explains the calculation.

Filters
Brodmann overview

Select a numbered area to filter the evidence.

Select a result to inspect its anatomy
Choose a finding below to highlight its reported anatomy on the map.

Signs

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Credit

Reproduced from the Seizure Semiology Atlas by Cihan Kadipasaoglu.

About the scores

Each study contributes once for a sign and for localization or lateralization. Its weight combines the recorded evidence class, study method, and sample size. The score adds these study weights.

Dots show the number of papers: one, two, or three or more. They do not indicate certainty. Scores are not probabilities or pooled study results.

When a filter selects only part of a study’s results, that study’s score is withheld. Reviews and cited reports remain available without counting the same study again.