Stiripentol, known to increase GABA<sub>A</sub> receptor activity as well as the metabolites of GABA<sub>A</sub> receptor agonists, is often used in the treatment of an epileptic encephalopathy, Dravet syndrome (DS), which is caused by mutations mainly in SCN1A and in other genes such as GABRG2.
Mutations in GABA<sub>A</sub> receptor subunit genes are frequently associated with epilepsy, and nonsense mutations in GABRG2 are associated with several epilepsy syndromes including childhood absence epilepsy, generalized tonic clonic seizures and the epileptic encephalopathy, Dravet syndrome.