Impairment of neuromuscular transmission in a subgroup of migraine patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-203

  Ambrosini, Anna ^a   De Noordhout, Alain Maertens ^a   Alagona, Giovanna ^a   Dalpozzo, Francesca ^a   Schoenen, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Familial hemiplegic migraine; Migraine; Neuromuscular transmission; P Q Ca2+ channels; Single fiber electromyography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032697117     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00820-4     Document Type: Article

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