Nociceptive blink reflex and visual evoked potential habituations are correlated in migraine

Headache

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1388-1393

  Di Clemente, Laura ^a,b   Coppola, Gianluca ^a,c   Magis, Delphine ^a   Fumal, Arnaud ^a   De Pasqua, Victor ^a   Schoenen, Jean ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CHR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Habituation; Migraine without aura; Nociceptive blink reflex; Pattern reversal visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NEUROBIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINUS ARTERY; BLINKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN;

EID: 33645740716     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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