Convergence of occipital nerve and superior sagittal sinus input in the cervical spinal cord of the cat

Cephalalgia

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 625-630

  Angus Leppan, H ^a,b   Lambert, G A ^a   Michalicek, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord; Convergence; Headache; Migraine; Occipital nerve; Referred pain; Superior sagittal sinus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MIGRAINE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; CRANIAL SINUSES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NECK; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SKIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030819427     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1997.1706625.x     Document Type: Article

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