Experimental headache in humans

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Experimental headache in humans. / Iversen, Helle Klingenberg.

In: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1995, p. 281-7.

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Iversen, HK 1995, 'Experimental headache in humans', Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 281-7.

APA

Iversen, H. K. (1995). Experimental headache in humans. Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache, 15(4), 281-7.

Vancouver

Iversen HK. Experimental headache in humans. Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache. 1995;15(4):281-7.

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Iversen, Helle Klingenberg. / Experimental headache in humans. In: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache. 1995 ; Vol. 15, No. 4. pp. 281-7.

Bibtex

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AB - The need for valid human experimental models of headache is obvious. Several compounds have been proposed as headache-inducing agents, but only the nitroglycerin (NTG) model has been validated. In healthy subjects, intravenous infusions of the nitric oxide (NO) donor NTG induce a dose-dependent headache and dilatation of the temporal, radial and middle cerebral artery. NTG-induced headache, although less intense, resembles migraine in pain characteristics, but the accompanying symptoms are rarely present. Cephalic large arteries are dilated during migraine headache as well as during NTG headache. N-acetylcysteine enhances the formation of NO and potentiates NTG-induced headache, whereas mepyramine, a H1-antagonist capable of blocking histamine-induced headache, has no effect. Thus, the headache is dependent on NO or other steps in the NO cascade. The model is useful for pharmacological interventions and sumatriptan reduced the NTG-induced headache. The NTG model may be a valuable tool in the development of future migraine drugs.

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KW - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug

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KW - Hemodynamics

KW - Humans

KW - Models, Neurological

KW - Nitroglycerin

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