New neural theory of migraine.

Abstract:

:Insufficient attention has been given to reports in the literature describing patients with symptomatic migraine who, in addition to, or instead of, the well-recognized zones of hypofusion, have zones of hyperperfusion, which can be interpreted as hypermetabolism due to neuronal activation. A new neural theory of migraine is proposed in which it is hypothesized that migraine is an electrical disease of the brain in which abnormally-functioning serotonergic pacemaker cells in the raphe nuclei inappropriately activate and inhibit wide areas of the brain. Excessive neuronal activation could cause migraine stroke by excitotoxicity and could explain the association of migraine with epilepsy. The serotonergic nuclei are positioned to mediate stress-induced migraine.

journal_name

Med Hypotheses

journal_title

Medical hypotheses

authors

Eggers AE

doi

10.1054/mehy.2000.1214

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-03-01 00:00:00

pages

360-3

issue

3

eissn

0306-9877

issn

1532-2777

pii

S0306-9877(00)91214-3

journal_volume

56

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