Non-hypothalamic cluster headache: The role of the greater occipital nerve in cluster headache pathogenesis

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-151

  Rozen, Todd D ^a  

^a Michigan Head Pain and Neurological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; Greater occipital nerve; Hypothalamus; Nerve blockade

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PREDNISONE; SUMATRIPTAN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLUSTER HEADACHE; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACRIMATION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RHINORRHEA; SITTING; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLUSTER HEADACHE; FRUCTOSE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; ORBIT; SPINAL NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIGEMINAL CAUDAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 21444456331     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-005-0171-4     Document Type: Article

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