Migraine aura: New information on underlying mechanisms

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-293

  Sánchez del Rio, Margarita ^a   Reuter, Uwe ^b  

^a HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical spreading depression; Genetics; Migraine aura; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GALANIN; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; METALLOPROTEINASE; NESTIN; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM; SUMATRIPTAN; TONABERSAT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DURA MATER; EXTRAVASATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NITRIC OXIDE; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 2642535995     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200406000-00009     Document Type: Review

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