Spontaneous Oscillations in Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity Give Evidence of Different Autonomic Dysfunctions in Various Types of Headache

Sliwka, Ulrich; Harscher, S.; R. Diehl, Rolf; van Schayck, Rudolf; Niesen, Wolf‐Dirk; Weiller, Cornelius

doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.2001.hed01027.x

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Spontaneous Oscillations in Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity Give Evidence of Different Autonomic Dysfunctions in Various Types of Headache

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Authors:

Ulrich Sliwka

S. Harscher

Rolf R. Diehl

Abstract

Our data support the dysfunction of the brain stem monoaminergic/serotonergic system in migraine. In contrast, patients with chronic tension headache have an autonomic dysfunction of peripheral origin presenting as a decrease of sympathetic activity.

Subject

Migraine

Medicine

Transcranial Doppler

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