Article
The headache of a hyperactive calcium channel.
Neuron - 12 Mar 2009
Xue Mingshan, Rosenmund Christian
Abstract excerpt
Migraine is thought to be triggered by excessive neocortical neuronal excitability that leads to cortical spreading depression. In this issue of Neuron, Tottene et al. study a mouse model of familial hemiplegic migraine type 1, and provide evidence for the hyperactivity of P/Q-type calcium channel-mediated cortical glutamatergic synaptic transmission as an underlying mechanism for the susceptibility of cortical...
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