Exciting excitable brains: An update on migraine pathophysiology

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-12

  Aurora, Sheena K ^a  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperexcitability; Imaging; Migraine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; SEROTONIN 1B AGONIST; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0038446418     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101940300021     Document Type: Review

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