Primary visual cortex excitability in migraine: A systematic review with meta-analysis

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 819-830

  Brigo, Francesco ^a,b   Storti, Monica ^a   Tezzon, Frediano ^b   Manganotti, Paolo ^a   Nardone, Raffaele ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FRANZ TAPPEINER HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Migraine; Phosphenes; Systematic review; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PHOSPHENE THRESHOLD VALUE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRIATE CORTEX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PHOSPHENES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84879103035     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-1274-8     Document Type: Review

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