Epilepsia is the leading, authoritative journal for innovative clinical and basic science research for all aspects of epilepsy and seizures. In addition, Epilepsia publishes critical reviews, opinion pieces, and guidelines that foster understanding and aim to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people with seizures and epilepsy.

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CRITICAL REVIEW
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WONOEP XVII appraisal: Targeting network excitability beyond the synapse -Neurotransmitter, ionic, and electro -diffusions

Vincent Magloire, Marco de Curtis, Jeffrey Noebels, Gilles Huberfeld, Piotr Suffczynski, Vadym Gnatkovsky, Olga Tyurikova, Dominique Durand, David C. Henshall, Cian McCafferty, 
  •  19 July 2025
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Phase 1 study of ABI-009 (nab-rapamycin) for surgically refractory epilepsy (RaSuRE)

Koko Hall, Russell Saneto, Stephanie Randle, Mark S. Wainwright, Patricia Berry, Sarah Leary, Ghayda Mirzaa, Jason Lockrow, Hannah Goldstein, Jeffrey Ojemann, Rosita Thiessen, Hope Willis, Erin Sullivan, Renee Rivers, Jani Klein, Jason S. Hauptman, 
  •  19 July 2025
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Real‐world epilepsy monitoring with ultra‐long‐term subcutaneous electroencephalography: A 15‐month prospective study

Pedro F. Viana, Jonas Duun-Henriksen, Andrea Biondi, Joel S. Winston, Dean R. Freestone, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage, Benjamin H. Brinkmann, Mark P. Richardson, 
  •  19 July 2025
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Motor‐associated thalamic nuclei are reduced in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Aaron F. Struck, Camille Garcia-Ramos, Vivek Prabhakaran, Veena Nair, Anusha Adluru, Santiago Philibert Rosas, Dace Almane, Nagesh Adluru, Jana E. Jones, Bruce P. Hermann, 
  •  19 July 2025
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Long‐term efficacy and safety of cannabidiol in patients with treatment‐resistant focal epilepsies treated in the Expanded Access Program

Anup D. Patel, Jerzy P. Szaflarski, Paul D. Lyons, Michael Boffa, Teresa Greco, Timothy B. Saurer, Karthik Rajasekaran, Kelly C. Simontacchi, Elizabeth A. Thiele, 
  •  17 July 2025

Graphical Abstract

Long-term efficacy and safety of cannabidiol in patients with treatment-resistant focal epilepsies treated in the Expanded Access Program Issue ,

Open-label CBD treatment was associated with sustained seizure reduction through 144 weeks, with a consistent safety profile in patients with treatment-resistant focal epilepsies, regardless of epilepsy type.

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The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.

ILAE Official Report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy

Robert S. Fisher, Carlos Acevedo, Alexis Arzimanoglou, Alicia Bogacz, J. Helen Cross, Christian E. Elger, Jerome Engel, Lars Forsgren, Jacqueline A. French, Mike Glynn, Dale C. Hesdorffer, B.I. Lee, Gary W. Mathern, Solomon L. Moshé, Emilio Perucca, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Torbjörn Tomson, Masako Watanabe, Samuel Wiebe, 
  •  475-482
  •  14 April 2014
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ILAE classification of the epilepsies: Position paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology

Ingrid E. Scheffer, Samuel Berkovic, Giuseppe Capovilla, Mary B. Connolly, Jacqueline French, Laura Guilhoto, Edouard Hirsch, Satish Jain, Gary W. Mathern, Solomon L. Moshé, Douglas R. Nordli, Emilio Perucca, Torbjörn Tomson, Samuel Wiebe, Yue-Hua Zhang, Sameer M. Zuberi, 
  •  512-521
  •  8 March 2017

Definition of drug resistant epilepsy: Consensus proposal by the ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Commission on Therapeutic Strategies

Patrick Kwan, Alexis Arzimanoglou, Anne T. Berg, Martin J. Brodie, W. Allen Hauser, Gary Mathern, Solomon L. Moshé, Emilio Perucca, Samuel Wiebe, Jacqueline French, 
  •  1069-1077
  •  1 June 2010
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Operational classification of seizure types by the International League Against Epilepsy: Position Paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology

Robert S. Fisher, J. Helen Cross, Jacqueline A. French, Norimichi Higurashi, Edouard Hirsch, Floor E. Jansen, Lieven Lagae, Solomon L. Moshé, Jukka Peltola, Eliane Roulet Perez, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Sameer M. Zuberi, 
  •  522-530
  •  8 March 2017

A definition and classification of status epilepticus – Report of the ILAE Task Force on Classification of Status Epilepticus

Eugen Trinka, Hannah Cock, Dale Hesdorffer, Andrea O. Rossetti, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Shlomo Shinnar, Simon Shorvon, Daniel H. Lowenstein, 
  •  1515-1523
  •  4 September 2015
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