These cells share neuronal genes expressed in central excitatory neurons such as Kcna1, Kcnq2, Kcnq3, Scn1a, Scn8a (Glazebrook et al., 2002; Glasscock et al., 2012; Kollarik et al., 2018; Kupari et al., 2019; Sun et al., 2019), genes that are relevant to epilepsy. The gene discussed is KCNQ2; the disease is epilepsy.