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01-02-2013 | Poster presentation
Corticosterone enhances CSD susceptibility via glucocorticoid receptor activation in familial hemiplegic migraine 1 Cacna1a knock-in mice
Authors:
R Shyti, K Eikermann-Haerter, OC Meijer, SH van Heiningen, L De Groote, MD Ferrari, C Ayata, AMJ van den Maagdenberg, EA Tolner
Published in:
The Journal of Headache and Pain
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
FHM1 mutant mice carrying the R192Q gain-of-function mutation in CaV2.1 (P/Q-type) calcium channels display enhanced glutamatergic transmission and increased propensity for cortical spreading depression (CSD;1,2). Corticosteroids released after stress also enhance glutamatergic transmission but the relationship between stress and migraine is not well understood. …