Migraine pain and nociceptor activation - Where do we stand?

Headache

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 909-916

  Levy, Dan ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central; Glyceryl trinitrite evoked migraine; Migraine; Nociceptor; Peripheral

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; SUMATRIPTAN;

BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MIGRAINE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN RECEPTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VALIDITY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NOCICEPTORS;

EID: 77951795511     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2010.01670.x     Document Type: Review

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