Ion Channel Genes
- SCN1A
- Dravet Syndrome
- Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+)
- SCN2A
- Benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures (BFNIS)
- Epileptic encephalopathy
- SCN8A
- Epileptic encephalopathy
- KCNQ2
- Benign familial neonatal seizures (BFNS)
- Epileptic encephalopathy
- KCNQ3
- BFNS
- CACNA1A
- Episodic ataxia
- Familial hemiplegic migraine
- Epilepsy
- CACNA1H
- Childhood absence epilepsy
- KCNT1
- Malignant migrating partial seizures of infancy
- GABRG2
- GEFS+
- Childhood absence epilepsy
- GABRA1
- Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
- SLC2A1 (GLUT1)
- GLUT1 deficiency syndrome
- CLCN2
- Idiopathic generalized epilepsy
Synaptic Function Genes
- STXBP1
- Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
- SYNGAP1
- Intellectual disability and epilepsy
- CDKL5
- Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
- SYN1
- X-linked epilepsy
- LGI1
- Autosomal dominant lateral temporal lobe epilepsy
- NRXN1
- Schizophrenia and epilepsy
- NLGN1
- Autism spectrum disorders and epilepsy
Metabolic Pathway Genes
- ALDH7A1
- Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy
- PANK2
- Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
- MMUT
- Methylmalonic acidemia with epilepsy
- SUCLA2
- Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome
Transcription Factor Genes
- ARX
- X-linked infantile spasms
- Partington syndrome
- FOXG1
- Rett syndrome variant
Other Genes
- TSC1/TSC2
- Tuberous sclerosis complex (associated with epilepsy)
- MTOR
- Focal cortical dysplasia
- DEPDC5
- Familial focal epilepsy with variable foci
- PRRT2
- Benign familial infantile seizures
- Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia
- GATOR1 (DEPDC5, NPRL2, NPRL3)
- Focal epilepsy
- PCDH19
- X-linked epilepsy in females
- CHD2
- Epileptic encephalopathy
- GRIN2A
- Epilepsy-aphasia spectrum
- MECP2
- Rett syndrome
- SLC13A5
- Citrate transporter disorder
- SCN1B
- GEFS+
- HNRNPU
- Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
- TBC1D24
- Epilepsy with myoclonus and dystonia
- KCNA2
- Epileptic encephalopathy
- GRIN2B
- Epileptic encephalopathy
- ATP1A3
- Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
- ATP1A2
- Familial hemiplegic migraine with epilepsy
- KCNMA1
- Paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia with epilepsy
- ALG13
- Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
- EEF1A2
- Epileptic encephalopathy
- RORB
- Epileptic encephalopathy
- ZEB2
- Mowat-Wilson syndrome with epilepsy
- FMR1
- Fragile X syndrome with epilepsy
Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+)
- SCN1A
- SCN1B
- SCN2A
- GABRG2
- GABRD
- GABRA1
Benign Familial Neonatal Seizures (BFNS)
- KCNQ2
- KCNQ3
- SCN2A
Specific Syndromes
- MECP2
- Rett syndrome
- FOXG1
- Rett syndrome variant
- SLC13A5
- Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
Cite this: Cite this: ICNApedia contributors.Common Epilepsy Genes. ICNApedia, The Child Neurology Knowledge Environment. 24 November 2024. Available at: https://icnapedia.org/knowledgebase/articles/common-epilepsy-genes Accessed 24 November 2024.