Chronic pain conditions are multifactorial disorders with a high frequency in the population. Their pathophysiology is often unclear, and treatment is inefficient. During the last 20 years …
Insight into the molecular mechanisms involved in primary headaches is important to identify drug targets for improving treatment of patients, but essentially lacking. Genetic research is …
H Schrader, LJ Stovner, G Helde, T Sand, G Bovim - Bmj, 2001 - bmj.com
Objective: To determine the efficacy of an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor in the prophylaxis of migraine. Design: Double blind, placebo controlled, crossover study. Setting …
GE Tietjen - Cephalalgia, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Epidemiological studies suggests that migraine is associated with disorders of the cerebral, coronary, retinal, dermal and peripheral vasculature. There is evidence that migraine is …
M Wessman, GM Terwindt, MA Kaunisto… - The Lancet …, 2007 - thelancet.com
Although family and twin studies show that there is a genetic component to migraine, no genes predisposing to common forms of the disorder have been identified. The most …
(Headache 2011; 51: 752‐778) Pain research, and headache research in particular, during the 20th century, has generated an enormous volume of literature promulgating theories …
F Galletti, LM Cupini, I Corbelli, P Calabresi… - Progress in …, 2009 - Elsevier
Several cellular and molecular mechanisms have been implicated in migraine pathophysiology including abnormal neuronal excitability and vascular events. Drugs from …
Objective The focus of this review is to review potential diagnostic and therapeutic biomarkers associated with migraine. Background Migraine headache is a common disease …
E Fusayasu, H Kowa, T Takeshima, K Nakaso… - Pain, 2007 - Elsevier
Substance P (SP), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) may have roles in trigeminovascular nociceptive mechanisms. We …