Mutations in several GABAAR subunit‐encoding genes, including the synaptic subunits GABRA1, GABRB3, and GABRG2 that associate with gephyrin, have been identified in epilepsy syndromes of different degrees of severity (Macdonald et al, 2012; Reinthaler et al, 2015). This evidence concerns the gene GABRA1 and epilepsy.