A critical view on the role of migraine triggers in the genesis of migraine pain

Headache

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 953-957

  Levy, Dan ^a,b   Strassman, Andrew M ^a   Burstein, Rami ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Headache; Meningeal nociceptors; Migraine triggers

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUNGER; MIGRAINE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PAIN RECEPTOR; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NOCICEPTORS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 67650074604     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01444.x     Document Type: Review

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