Is the cerebral cortex hyperexcitable or hyperresponsive in migraine?

Cephalalgia

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1427-1439

  Coppola, G ^a   Pierelli, F ^b,c   Schoenen, J ^d,e  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e Centre Hospitalier Regional de La Citadelle   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Habituation; Hyperresponsivity; Migraine; Pathophysiology; Thalamocortical dysrhythmia; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FEMOXETINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOXETINE; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYSERGIDE; METOPROLOL; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN C 11; PROPRANOLOL; RADIOISOTOPE; RIBOFLAVIN; TOPIRAMATE; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CORTICAL HYPEREXCITABILITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; MOTOR CORTEX; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SLEEP STAGE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION TEST; VISUAL STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HYPERALGESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 36348972897     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01500.x     Document Type: Review

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