The cholinomimetic agent carbachol induces headache in healthy subjects

Cephalalgia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-268

  Schytz, H W ^a   Wienecke, T ^a   Oturai, P S ^a   Olesen, J ^a   Ashina, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Arterial cerebral vasodilatation; Carbachol; Headache; Parasympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIAL ARTERY; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RADIAL ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449117200     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01715.x     Document Type: Article

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