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Sodium channel opener
A
sodium
channel opener
is
a type
of
drug
which facilitates
ion
transmission
through
sodium channels
.
Examples
include
toxins
, such as
aconitine
,
batrachotoxin
,
robustoxin
,
palytoxin
and
ciguatoxins
and
insecticides
, which
activate
voltage-gated sodium channels
, and
solnatide
, which activates the
epithelial sodium channel
.