A channel opener, also known as a channel activator, is a type of drug which facilitates ion flow through ion channels.
They include the following:
Potassium channel openers
Calcium channel openers
Sodium channel openers
Chloride channel openers
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include the following: Potassium channelopeners Calcium channelopeners Sodium channelopeners Chloride channelopeners This article includes a list of...
A potassium channelopener is a type of drug which facilitates ion transmission through potassium channels. Some examples include: Diazoxide vasodilator...
Chloride channelopeners refer to a specific category of drugs designed to modulate chloride channels in the human body. Chloride channels are anion-selective...
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A channel modulator, or ion channel modulator, is a type of drug which modulates ion channels. They include channel blockers and channelopeners. Ion channels...
A calcium channelopener is a type of drug which facilitates ion transmission through calcium channels. An example is Bay K8644, which is an analogue of...
experimental small molecule anticonvulsant and selective Kv7.2/Kv7.3 potassium channelopener being investigated as a treatment for refractory focal onset seizures...
potassium channelopener, causing hyperpolarization of cell membranes. Theoretically, by widening blood vessels and opening potassium channels, it allows...
BK channels are expressed in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), which is characterized to influence the pathophysiology of sleep. BK channelopeners can...
specific ion channels. These are classified by the channel on which they act: Calcium channelopeners, such as Bay K8644 Chloride channelopeners, such as...
medication that has the dual properties of a nitrate and ATP-sensitive K+ channelopener. In humans, the nitrate action of nicorandil dilates the large coronary...
voltage-gated sodium channels, such as CNV1014802 and Funapide, are being investigated as novel analgesics. Sodium channelopener Sodium+Channel+Blockers at the...
been studied to interact with both calcium ion channels and potassium ATP channels. The calcium ion channel is modulated by the activation of the ꞵ-adrenoceptors...
inhibitors. These drugs include statins, HIV protease inhibitors, many calcium channel blockers, lidocaine, the benzodiazepines, and glucocorticoids such as dexamethasone...
pharmacological modulators of potassium channels, see potassium channel blocker and potassium channelopener. Potassium channels have a tetrameric structure in...
including liver failure. Flupirtine is a selective neuronal potassium channelopener (SNEPCO) that also has NMDA receptor antagonist and GABAA modulatory...
conductance potassium channel (BKCa++) opener. BKCa++ is found in the inner mitochondrial membrane of cardiomyocytes. Opening these channels is beneficial for...
channel modulator—is also approved for the treatment of moderate to severe pain in some countries. Flupirtine is a centrally acting K+ channelopener...
spasms and eventual death. Insects with certain mutations in their sodium channel gene are resistant to DDT and similar insecticides. DDT resistance is also...
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