Migraine treatment: Towards new pharmacological targets

M Silvestro, LF Iannone, I Orologio, A Tessitore… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Migraine is a debilitating neurological condition affecting millions of people worldwide. Until
a few years ago, preventive migraine treatments were based on molecules with pleiotropic …

Nitroglycerin as a model of migraine: Clinical and preclinical review

P Sureda-Gibert, M Romero-Reyes, S Akerman - Neurobiology of Pain, 2022 - Elsevier
Migraine stands as one of the most disabling neurological conditions worldwide. It is a
disorder of great challenge to study given its heterogeneous representation, cyclic nature …

Ubrogepant does not induce latent sensitization in a preclinical model of medication overuse headache

E Navratilova, S Behravesh, J Oyarzo… - …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Ubrogepant, a small-molecule calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor
antagonist, was recently approved as an oral medication for the acute treatment of migraine …

Differential medication overuse risk of novel anti-migraine therapeutics

C Saengjaroentham, LC Strother, I Dripps… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Medication overuse headache is estimated to affect 2% of the population, and is ranked in
the top 20 most disabling disorders due to its high level of disability. Several therapies used …

New oral drugs for migraine

N Karsan, PJ Goadsby - CNS drugs, 2022 - Springer
Migraine is a common and disabling neurological disorder, with several manifestations, of
which pain is just one. Despite its worldwide prevalence, there remains a paucity of targeted …

No central action of CGRP antagonising drugs in the GTN mouse model of migraine

SL Christensen, C Ernstsen, J Olesen… - …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Clinically, calcitonin gene-related peptide antagonising drugs are recognized
as effective in migraine treatment, but their site of action is debated. Only a small fraction of …

Targeting CGRP via receptor antagonism and antibody neutralisation in two distinct rodent models of migraine-like pain

SL Christensen, S Petersen, DM Kristensen… - …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Rodent disease models can play an indispensable role in drug development.
Confirming that translationally-relevant disease mechanisms are engaged in such models is …

Modulation of glia activation by TRPA1 antagonism in preclinical models of migraine

C Demartini, R Greco, G Magni, AM Zanaboni… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Preclinical data point to the contribution of transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1)
channels to the complex mechanisms underlying migraine pain. TRPA1 channels are …

ATP sensitive potassium (KATP) channel inhibition: A promising new drug target for migraine

SL Christensen, G Munro, S Petersen, A Shabir… - …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Recently, the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) sensitive potassium channel
opener levcromakalim was shown to induce migraine attacks with a far higher incidence …

Efficacy of dual enkephalinase inhibition in a preclinical migraine model is mediated by activation of peripheral delta opioid receptors

HR Mei, YY Hu, S Kapadia, T Ouimet… - … : The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate whether elevating levels of enkephalin by
inhibiting their degradation can attenuate stress‐induced migraine‐like behaviors in mice …