Cortical spreading depression in migraine-time to reconsider?

New evidence concerning the pathophysiology of migraine has come from the results of therapeutic transcranial magnetic stimulation (tTMS). The instantaneous responses to single pulses applied during the aura or headache phase, together with a number of other observations, make it unlikely that corti...

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Main Authors: Alan J McComas, Adrian R M Upton
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2015-08-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2015000800714&lng=en&tlng=en
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