| AE | audiogenic epilepsy |
| AEDs | antiepileptic drugs |
| AMPA | α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid |
| AS | Angelman syndrome |
| CAE | childhood absence epilepsy |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| DEEs | developmental epileptic encephalopathies |
| DEGs | differential-expressing genes |
| EAST | epilepsy, ataxia, sensorineural deafness, and tubulopathy |
| EEG | electroencephalography |
| EIEE | early infantile epileptic encephalopathy |
| ERK | extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| GABA | gamma-aminobutyric acid |
| GASH/Sal | genetic audiogenic seizure hamster from Salamanca |
| GEPR | genetically epilepsy-prone rat |
| IC | inferior colliculi |
| ILAE | The International League Against Epilepsy |
| JAE | including juvenile absence epilepsy |
| JME | juvenile myoclonic epilepsy |
| KM | Krushinsky–Molodkina |
| MAG | myelin-associated glycoprotein |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MES | maximal electroshock test |
| Msh3 | MutS Homolog 3 |
| mtDNA | mitochondrial DNA |
| mTOR | mammalian target of rapamycin |
| NMDA receptors | N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor |
| PAR bZip | proline and acidic amino acid-rich basic leucine zipper |
| PTZ | pentylentetrazole |
| SC | superior colliculi |
| TGFβ | transforming growth factor β |
| tRNA | transfer RNA |
| Ttr | transthyretin |
| WAR | Wistar audiogenic rat |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WOREE | WWOX-related epileptic encephalopathy |
| WWOX | WW-domain-containing oxidoreductase |