Altered processing of sensory stimuli in patients with migraine

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 144-155

  De Tommaso, Marina ^a   Ambrosini, Anna ^h   Brighina, Filippo ^b   Coppola, Gianluca ^c   Perrotta, Armando ^h   Pierelli, Francesco ^h   Sandrini, Giorgio ^d   Valeriani, Massimiliano ^e   Marinazzo, Daniele ^f   Stramaglia, Sebastiano ^a   Schoenen, Jean ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

^e BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^h IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPISODIC MIGRAINE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 84895923205     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2014.14     Document Type: Review

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