Antiepileptic drugs: How they work in headache

Headache

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 3-11

  Cutrer, F M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Gabapentin; Glutamate; Migraine; Topiramate; Valproate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; FLUMAZENIL; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SUCCINIC ACID; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG RESPONSE; EXCITATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; MIGRAINE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0035654407     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.01154-2.x     Document Type: Review

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