The electrophysiology of migraine
Current Opinion in NeurologyPublished 1 June 2003
Anna Ambrosini, Jean Schoenen
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Abstract
Scientific publications over the last year confirmed that electrophysiological methods are particularly suited to unravelling some of the pathophysiological mechanisms of migraine. To improve their future contribution, they need to be better standardized and to be correlated with behavioural, metabolic and genetic studies.
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