Terminology for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: The contribution of neuroimaging

A recent review made by Asadi-Pooya et al. [ 1] might create a very challenging discussion demonstrating that there is still an open debate on what exactly the term psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) means and who are the clinicians that should deal with this disorder. Back to 2015 [ 2], we disagreed to change the acronym PNES for a couple of reasons, the true lack of training among epileptologists, and the correctness to use the term seizure that fits among the different categories of seizures. We also argued against the introduction of the term functional because it does not correspond with new scientific imaging knowledge found growing evidence of cerebral anomalies in patients with PNES, suggesting a neurobiological model for these paroxysmal disorders