This image illustrates a presynaptic neuron releasing neurotransmitters into inhibitory and excitatory synapses, with drugs acting on sodium, calcium, and potassium channels, synaptic vesicle proteins, and neurotransmitter receptors.
AMPA=α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid; GABA=gamma-aminobutyric acid; GABA-T=GABA aminotransferase;
GAT-1=GABA transporter 1; KCNQ=Kv7 potassium channel family; NMDA=N-methyl-D-aspartate; SV2A=synaptic vesicle protein 2A
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