Nitric oxide-induced headache may arise from extracerebral arteries as judged from tolerance to isosorbide-5-mononitrate

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-220

  Christiansen, Ingelise ^a   Iversen, Helle K ^a   Olesen, Jes ^a   Tfelt Hansen, Peer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arteries; Headache; Isosorbide 5 mononitrate; Nitrate tolerance; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NAUSEA; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; VERTIGO;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 49149116409     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-008-0043-9     Document Type: Article

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