Rare nocturnal headaches

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-299

  Cohen, Anna S ^a   Kaube, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Cluster headache; Hypnic headache; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUNARIZINE; GABAPENTIN; INDOMETACIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; LITHIUM; MELATONIN; VERAPAMIL;

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; EXPLODING HEAD SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HEMICRANIA CONTINUA; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPNIC HEADACHE; MIGRAINE; NIGHT SLEEP; NONREM SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIMARY THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SHORT LASTING UNILATERAL NEURALGIFORM HEADACHE ATTACK WITH CONJUNCTIVAL INJECTION AND TEARING SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONJUNCTIVA; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; SYNDROME; TEARS;

EID: 2642585658     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200406000-00010     Document Type: Review

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