Kv1.1 mutations in humans and knock-out in mice are known to cause episodic ataxia type 1 associated with epilepsy, which results from dysfunction of the cerebellum, hippocampus, cortex, and peripheral nervous system (Smart et al., 1998; D'Adamo et al., 2015). This evidence concerns the gene KCNA1 and episodic ataxia type 1.