Cortical excitability and migraine

Cephalalgia

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1454-1456

  Stankewitz, A ^a   May, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CORTICAL HYPEREXCITABILITY; FACILITATION; HUMAN; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NOTE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

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

EID: 36348993698     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01503.x     Document Type: Note

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