A potassium channel opener is a type of drug which facilitates ion transmission through potassium channels.
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Premoli I, Rossini PG, Goldberg PY, Posadas K, Green L, Yogo N, Pimstone S, Abela E, Beatch GN, Richardson MP (November 2019). "TMS as a pharmacodynamic indicator of cortical activity of a novel anti-epileptic drug, XEN1101". Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 6 (11): 2164–2174. doi:10.1002/acn3.50896. PMC 6856596. PMID 31568714. XEN1101 is a novel positive allosteric modulator ("opener") of the potassium channel KCNQ2/3 (Kv7.2/7.3) currently being developed by Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. for the treatment of focal epilepsy.