Habituation and sensitization in primary headaches

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Coppola, Gianluca ^a   Di Lorenzo, Cherubino ^b   Schoenen, Jean ^c   Pierelli, Francesco ^d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; Evoked potentials; Habituation; Migraine; Pain mechanisms; Reflex; Sensitization; Tension type headache; Thalamocortical dysrhythmia; Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM; CLUSTER HEADACHE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRAINE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TENSION HEADACHE; THALAMOCORTICAL DYSRHYTHMIA; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL AUTONOMIC CEPHALALGIA; BRAIN; HEADACHE; HYPERALGESIA; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA;

EID: 84893371722     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-14-65     Document Type: Review

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