| ACh | Acetylcholine |
| ADNFLE | Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy |
| AMPA | α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid |
| BECTS | Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes |
| BMAL1 | Basic Helix-Loop-Helix ARNT Like 1 |
| CaV | Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel |
| CLOCK | Clock Circadian Regulator |
| CNV | Copy Number Variant |
| CRY | Cryptochrome |
| DEE | Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy |
| DEE-SWAS | Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with spike–wave activation in sleep |
| EE-SWAS | Epileptic Encephalopathy with Spike–Wave Activation in Sleep |
| EEG | Electroencephalography |
| EIMFS | Epilepsy of Infancy with Migrating Focal Seizures |
| ESES | Electrical Status Epilepticus During Sleep |
| FCD II | Focal Cortical Dysplasia Type II |
| GABA | γ-Aminobutyric Acid |
| GATOR1 | GAP Activity Toward Rags 1 Complex |
| HCN1 | Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel 1 |
| Ih | Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Current |
| ILAE | International League Against Epilepsy |
| JME | Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| mTORC1 | Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 |
| nAChR | Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor |
| NREM | Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep |
| nRT | Thalamic Reticular Nucleus |
| pS6 | Phosphorylated Ribosomal Protein S6 |
| PV | Parvalbumin |
| Pyr | Pyramidal Neuron |
| RCK2 | Regulator of Conductance for Potassium Domain 2 |
| REM | Rapid Eye Movement Sleep |
| SeLECTS | Self-Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes |
| SHE | Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy |
| SST | Somatostatin |
| SWAS | Spike–Wave Activation in Sleep |