近些年关于遗传学的研究以及特发性全身性癫痫相关的基因仍然是离子通道家族。然而非离子通道基因突变和常染色体显性遗传颞叶癫痫以及良性家族性癫痫综合征有关系。多数的遗传性癫痫具有十分复杂的遗传方式，现阶段明确的一部分基因只可以对小部分的散发患者以及家族性患者进行解释。由于人们对新型的癫痫表型以及相关基因有不断发现，癫痫遗传学领域发展得十分迅速。“,”In recent years, research on genetics and idiopathic generalized epilepsy associated genes are still family of ion channels. However the ion channel gene mutations and autosomal dominant family of temporal lobe epilepsy and benign epilepsy syndrome. Most of the hereditary epilepsy has a very complex genetic way, clear at this stage only part of the gene can send out on a small number of patients and patients with familial explained. Due to the people of new type of epilepsy phenotypic and related genes have found that epilepsy genetics development very rapidly.