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Cortical spreading depression in migraine-time to reconsider?

Abstract

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 cortical spreading depression is involved in migraine. tTMS is considered to act by abolishing abnormal impulse activity in cortical pyramidal neurons …

Authors

McComas AJ; Upton ARM

Journal

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol. 73, No. 8, pp. 714–721

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Publication Date

August 2015

DOI

10.1590/0004-282x20150094

ISSN

0004-282X