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Current Pain and Headache Reports
Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports 10/2013

01-10-2013 | Imaging (A Da Silva, Section Editor)

Migraine and Trigeminal System—I can Feel it Coming…

Authors: Antonio Russo, Alessandro Tessitore, Gioacchino Tedeschi

Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports | Issue 10/2013

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Abstract

Migraine pathophysiology is not completely understood and is still a matter of ongoing research. However, functional magnetic resonance imaging studies have provided, over the last few decades, notable insights into neuronal mechanisms underlying migraine. Recently, by using an innovative approach based on repetitive trigeminal painful stimulation, researchers have explored pain processing network functional changes associated with migraine and their correlations with specific migraineous clinical features. These functional changes have been demonstrated during different phases of migraine cycle. However, owing to the complexity of its neurobiology, migraine pathophysiology still has many secrets to be discovered.
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Metadata
Title
Migraine and Trigeminal System—I can Feel it Coming…
Authors
Antonio Russo
Alessandro Tessitore
Gioacchino Tedeschi
Publication date
01-10-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Pain and Headache Reports / Issue 10/2013
Print ISSN: 1531-3433
Electronic ISSN: 1534-3081
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-013-0367-2

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