Release modulator
A release modulator, or neurotransmitter release modulator, is a type of drug that modulates the release of one or more neurotransmitters. Examples of release modulators include monoamine releasing agents such as the substituted amphetamines (which induce the release of norepinephrine, dopamine, and/or serotonin) and release inhibitors such as botulinum toxin A (which inhibits acetylcholine release by inactivating SNAP-25, thereby preventing exocytosis from occurring).
See also
- Reuptake modulator
- Channel modulator
- Enzyme modulator
- Receptor modulator
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Receptor/signaling modulators
similar/related
- Amino acids and related: GABA receptor modulators
- GABAA receptor positive modulators
- GABA metabolism and transport modulators
- GHB receptor modulators
- Glutamate metabolism and transport modulators
- Glycine receptor modulators
- Ionotropic glutamate receptor modulators
- Metabotropic glutamate receptor modulators
- Monoamines: Adrenergic receptor modulators
- Dopamine receptor modulators
- Histamine receptor modulators
- Melatonin receptor modulators
- Monoamine metabolism modulators
- Monoamine neurotoxins
- Monoamine releasing agents
- Monoamine reuptake inhibitors
- Serotonin receptor modulators
- hTAAR modulators
- Acetylcholine: Acetylcholine metabolism and transport modulators
- Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor modulators
- Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor modulators
- Others: Imidazoline receptor modulators
- Purine receptor modulators
- Sigma receptor modulators
- Thyroid hormone receptor modulators
- Eicosanoids: Cannabinoid receptor modulators
- Leukotriene signaling modulators
- Prostanoid signaling modulators
- Phospholipids: Lysophospholipid signaling modulators
- PAF receptor modulators
- Steroids: Androgen receptor modulators
- Estrogen receptor modulators
- Glucocorticoid receptor modulators
- Mineralocorticoid receptor modulators
- Progesterone receptor modulators
- Steroid metabolism modulators
- Other nuclear receptors: Aryl hydrocarbon receptor modulators
- Estrogen-related receptor modulators
- FXR and LXR modulators
- PPAR modulators
- Retinoid receptor modulators
- Vitamin D receptor modulators
- Xenobiotic-sensing receptor modulators
- Peptides: Angiotensin receptor modulators
- GH/IGF-1 axis signaling modulators
- GnRH and gonadotropin receptor modulators
- Melanocortin receptor modulators
- Neurokinin receptor modulators
- Opioid receptor modulators
- Oxytocin and vasopressin receptor modulators
- Cytokines: Cytokine receptor modulators
- Chemokine receptor modulators
- Interleukin receptor modulators
- TNF receptor superfamily modulators
- Growth factors: Growth factor receptor modulators
- TGFβ receptor superfamily modulators
non-receptor
- Enzymes: Cytochrome P450 modulators
- Histone deacetylase inhibitors
- Phosphodiesterase inhibitors
- Ion channels: Ion channel modulators
- TRP channel modulators
- Transporters: Sodium-glucose transporter modulators
- Symporter inhibitors
- Others: Nitric oxide signaling modulators
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