CACNA1A and aceruloplasminemia: That is, patients with the S218L missense mutation suffer from hemiplegic migraine including cerebellar ataxia, epilepsy, and sometimes fatal attacks upon (mild) head trauma, while many patients with other CACNA1A mutations, like the R192Q mutation, suffer from hemiplegic migraine without an apparent risk for such additional clinical features (Ferrari et al., 2015).