Does the menstrual cycle influence the motor and phosphene thresholds in migraine?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-374

  Boros, K ^a   Poreisz, C ^a   Paulus, W ^a   Antal, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Menstrual cycle; Migraine; Motor threshold; Phosphene threshold

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEADACHE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIGRAINE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PHOSPHENES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60049101037     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02500.x     Document Type: Article

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