TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Seizures and Epilepsy A1 - Rao, Vikram R. A1 - Lowenstein, Daniel H. A2 - Loscalzo, Joseph A2 - Fauci, Anthony A2 - Kasper, Dennis A2 - Hauser, Stephen A2 - Longo, Dan A2 - Jameson, J. Larry Y1 - 2022 N1 - T2 - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21e AB - A seizure (from the Latin sacire, “to take possession of”) is a transient occurrence of signs or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Depending on the distribution of discharges, this abnormal brain activity can have various manifestations, ranging from dramatic convulsive activity to experiential phenomena not readily discernible by an observer. Although a variety of factors influence the incidence and prevalence of seizures, ~5–10% of the population will have at least one seizure, with the highest incidence occurring in early childhood and late adulthood. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/16 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1204906804 ER -