CGRP physiology, pharmacology, and therapeutic targets: migraine and beyond

AF Russo, DL Hay - Physiological reviews, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a neuropeptide with diverse physiological
functions. Its two isoforms (α and β) are widely expressed throughout the body in sensory …

Migraine: disease characterisation, biomarkers, and precision medicine

M Ashina, GM Terwindt, MAM Al-Karagholi, I De Boer… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Migraine is a disabling neurological disorder, diagnosis of which is based on clinical criteria.
A shortcoming of these criteria is that they do not fully capture the heterogeneity of migraine …

[HTML][HTML] Atogepant for the preventive treatment of migraine

J Ailani, RB Lipton, PJ Goadsby, H Guo… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Atogepant is an oral, small-molecule, calcitonin gene–related peptide receptor
antagonist that is being investigated for the preventive treatment of migraine. Methods In a …

Eptinezumab in episodic migraine: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (PROMISE-1)

M Ashina, J Saper, R Cady, BA Schaeffler… - …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of eptinezumab, a humanized anti-calcitonin
gene-related peptide monoclonal antibody, in the preventive treatment of episodic migraine …

CGRP as the target of new migraine therapies—successful translation from bench to clinic

L Edvinsson, KA Haanes, K Warfvinge… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment of migraine is on the cusp of a new era with the development of drugs
that target the trigeminal sensory neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or its …

Pathophysiology of migraine: a disorder of sensory processing

PJ Goadsby, PR Holland… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Plaguing humans for more than two millennia, manifest on every continent studied, and with
more than one billion patients having an attack in any year, migraine stands as the sixth …

Targeting calcitonin gene-related peptide: a new era in migraine therapy

A Charles, P Pozo-Rosich - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Migraine is one of the most prevalent and disabling diseases worldwide, but until recently,
few migraine-specific therapies had been developed. Extensive basic and clinical scientific …

A phase‐by‐phase review of migraine pathophysiology

DW Dodick - Headache: the journal of head and face pain, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Migraine is a common, disabling neurological disorder characterized by multiple phases:
premonitory, aura, headache, postdrome, and interictal. Our understanding of the …

Trigeminal ganglion neurons are directly activated by influx of CSF solutes in a migraine model

M Kaag Rasmussen, K Møllgård, PAR Bork, P Weikop… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Classical migraine patients experience aura, which is transient neurological deficits
associated with cortical spreading depression (CSD), preceding headache attacks. It is not …

Shared and independent roles of CGRP and PACAP in migraine pathophysiology

A Kuburas, AF Russo - The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2023 - Springer
The neuropeptides calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-
activating polypeptide (PACAP) have emerged as mediators of migraine pathogenesis. Both …