Cortical spreading depression and translational mechanisms in migraine headache
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Henry Stewart Talks
2009, 2009
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| Series: | Pain and the control of pain : pain transmission, regulation and management
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| Collection: | Henry Stewart Talks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Migraine headache
- Pathophysiology and importance of cortical spreading depression (CSD)
- Evidence for CSD in human cortex
- Susceptibility to CSD as modified by genetic mutations
- Susceptibility to CSD as modified by ovarian hormones
- Prophylactic drugs render the brain resistant to CSD
- Hypoxia insult during the propagation of CSD.