Sensitisation of spinal cord pain processing in medication overuse headache involves supraspinal pain control

Cephalalgia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 272-284

  Perrotta, A ^a,b   Serrao, M ^b,c   Sandrini, G ^a   Burstein, R ^d   Sances, G ^a   Rossi, P ^e   Bartolo, M ^a,b   Pierelli, F ^b   Nappi, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Rehabilitation Centre   (Italy)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e INI Grottaferrata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Descending control of pain; Medication overuse headache; Nociceptive withdrawal reflex; Spinal sensitisation; Temporal summation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANALGESIC AGENT ABUSE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSITIZATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL SENSITIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HEADACHE DISORDERS, SECONDARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956252325     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01914.x     Document Type: Article

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