Advances in the pathophysiology of tension-type headache: From stress to central sensitization

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 484-494

  Chen, Yaniv ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N (2 HYDROXYCYCLOPENTYL)ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ENDORPHIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CITALOPRAM; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIZOCILPINE; GKYI 52466; GR 190178; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MEMANTINE; METHYLXANTHINE; MIRTAZAPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLODYNIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFICACY; EPISODIC TENSION HEADACHE; FACILITATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE TENDERNESS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; REVIEW; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; TENSION HEADACHE; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VASODILATATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 70449513764     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-009-0078-x     Document Type: Review

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