Vasodilation out of the picture as a cause of migraine headache

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 419-420

  Charles, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; SILDENAFIL; SUMATRIPTAN; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR HEADACHE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL ARTERIES; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA;

EID: 84876500476     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70051-6     Document Type: Letter

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