Primary headache disorders and circadian biology: A clinical, imaging, and therapy perspective

Headache Currents

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 86-92

  Cohen, Anna S ^a   Kaube, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian; Cluster headache; Cortisol; Functional imaging; Hypnic headache; Hypothalamus; Melatonin; Obstructive sleep apnea; Oxygen; Paroxysmal hemicrania; Serotonin (5HT); SUNCT

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CAFFEINE; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LITHIUM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1B AGONIST; SEROTONIN 1D AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST;

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLUSTER HEADACHE; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; HUMAN; HYPNIC HEADACHE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPOLYSIS; MIGRAINE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP;

EID: 28244447737     PISSN: 17435005     EISSN: 17435013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-5013.2005.20415.x     Document Type: Review

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