Neuroimaging in cluster headache and other trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-20

  Iacovelli, Elisa ^a   Coppola, Gianluca ^b   Tinelli, Emanuele ^a   Pierelli, Francesco ^a,c   Bianco, Federico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Hypothalamus; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Pain neuromatrix; Positron emission tomography; Single photon emission computed tomography; Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER HEADACHE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRIGEMINAL AUTONOMIC CEPHALALGIA; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

BRAIN; CLUSTER HEADACHE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TRIGEMINAL AUTONOMIC CEPHALALGIAS;

EID: 84859593965     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-011-0403-8     Document Type: Review

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