Deficits in GABAergic inhibition result in the abnormal neuronal activation and synchronization that underlies seizures. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for transforming a normal brain into an epileptic one remain largely unknown. Hyperpolarizing inhibition mediated by type A GABA (GABA) receptors is dependent on chloride extrusion by the neuron-specific type 2K-Cl cotransporter (KCC2). Loss-of-function mutations in KCC2 are a known cause of infantile epilepsy in humans and KCC2 dysfunction is present in patients with both idiopathic and acquired epilepsy. Here we discuss the growing evidence that KCC2 dysfunction has a central role in the development and severity of the epilepsies.
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