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Mitochondrial dysfunction and migraine: evidence and hypotheses.
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache - 1 Apr 2006
Sparaco M, Feleppa M, Lipton R B, Rapoport A M, Bigal M E
Abstract excerpt
The molecular basis of migraine is still not completely understood. An impairment of mitochondrial oxidative metabolism might play a role in the pathophysiology of this disease, by influencing neuronal information processing. Biochemical assays of platelets and muscle biopsies performed in migraine sufferers have shown a decreased activity of the respiratory chain enzymes. Studies with phosphorus magnetic...
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