Brainstem dysfunction in chronic migraine as evidenced by neurophysiological and positron emission tomography (PET) studies - An editorial comment

Headache

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1004-1007

  Dodick, David W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN STEM; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOTE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SENSORY STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE;

EID: 34447341973     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00876.x     Document Type: Note

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