The development of cutaneous allodynia during a migraine attack. Clinical evidence for the sequential recruitment of spinal and supraspinal nociceptive neurons in migraine

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1703-1709

  Burstein, Rami ^a,c,d   Cutrer, Michael F ^b   Yarnitsky, David ^a,e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Headache; Migraine; Pain; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLD; COUGHING; FOREARM; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SKIN; SPEECH; VISION; VOMITING;

EID: 0033925222     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.8.1703     Document Type: Article

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