The extracranial vascular theory of migraine: An artificial controversy

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 525-530

  Shevel, Elliot ^a  

^a Headache Clinic   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arterial; Extracranial; Intracranial; Migraine; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SKULL;

EID: 79956191024     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-010-0517-1     Document Type: Review

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