Histamine-1 receptor blockade does not prevent nitroglycerin induced migraine Support for the NO-hypothesis of migraine

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 335-339

  Lassen, L H ^a   Thomsen, L L ^a   Kruuse, C ^a   Iversen, H K ^a   Olesen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerebral arteries; Glyceryl trinitrate; Histamine; nitric oxide; Migraine; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; MEPYRAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NITROGLYCERIN; PYRILAMINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030028010     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00203773     Document Type: Article

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