Deciphering the task of N-acetyl aspartate in migraine

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1057-1059

  Lionetto, Luana ^a   Capi, Matilde ^a   Vignaroli, Gabriele ^a   Negro, Andrea ^b,c   Martelletti, Paolo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiocerebral comorbidity; chronicization process; CNS neuronal dysfunction; migraine with aura; serum N acetyl aspartate

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; ENDOTHELIN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PROTHROMBIN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASTHMA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DURA MATER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VASODILATATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84867288306     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.12.97     Document Type: Review

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