Current available treatment is limited to treating the symptoms, not the cause. Seizure frequency can be regulated by the use of drugs such as clonazepam (or other benzodiazepines) and sodium valproate. Clonazepam functions by increasing GABA activity at the GABAA receptor. GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter, and therefore its increased activity hyperpolarizes cells. Clonazepam has been effective in minimising seizure activity, especially during puberty. Sodium valproate prevents the depolarization of the cell by blocking sodium ion channels and inhibitory GABA enzymes. Both of these anticonvulsants lead to depression of the central nervous system.
Northern epilepsy syndrome
Childhood absence epilepsy
Musicogenic epilepsy
Photosensitive epilepsy
Vertiginous epilepsy
Idiopathic childhood occipital epilepsy of Gastaut
Benign familial infantile epilepsy
Temporal lobe epilepsy