Why does vomiting stop a migraine attack?

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Chai, Nu Cindy ^a   Shapiro, Robert E ^b   Rapoport, Alan M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Migraine; Nausea; Pain; Vagal nerve stimulation; VNS; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; IBUPROFEN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; ONDANSETRON;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH PARESIS; TENSION HEADACHE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VOMITING; REVIEW; COMPLICATION;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; VOMITING;

EID: 84880804412     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-013-0362-7     Document Type: Article

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