Psychopharmacology of anticonvulsants: levetiracetam as a synaptic vesicle protein modulator.
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Stahl SM
Psychopharmacology of anticonvulsants: levetiracetam as a synaptic vesicle protein modulator.
J Clin Psychiatry. 2004 Sep;65(9):1162-3.
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ISSUE: A novel mechanism of action has recently been described for levetiracetam, a member of a new class of anticonvulsants. Levetiracetam binds selectively and with high affinity to a synaptic vesicle protein known as SV2A, thought to be involved with synaptic vesicle exocytosis and presynaptic neurotransmitter release.
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Drug Target Kind Organism Pharmacological Action Actions Levetiracetam Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A Protein Humans YesAgonistDetails