Possible mechanisms of glyceryl-trinitrate-induced immediate headache in patients with chronic tension-type headache

Cephalalgia

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 919-924

  Ashina, Messoud ^a   Bendtsen, L ^a   Jensen, R ^a   Sakai, F ^b   Olesen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central sensitization; Myofascial factors; Nitric oxide; Peripheral sensitization; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIZATION; TENSION HEADACHE;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGLYCERIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 0034452929     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2000.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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