Visual paired-pulse stimulation reveals enhanced visual cortex excitability in migraineurs

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 714-720

  Höffken, Oliver ^a   Stude, Philipp ^a   Lenz, Melanie ^a   Bach, Michael ^b   Dinse, Hubert R ^c   Tegenthoff, Martin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Migraine; Paired pulse suppression; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 69249083584     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06859.x     Document Type: Article

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