Headache associated with visceral disorders is "parasympathetic referred pain"

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 561-563

  Han, Dong Gyun ^a   Lee, Chang Ju ^a  

^a DaeJeon HanKook Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MIGRAINE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERRED PAIN; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE NUCLEUS; VISCERAL PAIN; VOMITING;

BRAIN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN, REFERRED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISCERA;

EID: 69249206548     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.05.047     Document Type: Article

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