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Investigation of lymphotoxin α genetic variants in migraine.
Gene - 10 Jan 2013
Oikari Lotta E, Stuart Shani, Okolicsanyi Rachel K, Cox Hannah C, Dixit Sonum, Lea Rod A, Haupt Larisa M, Griffiths Lyn R
Abstract excerpt
Migraine is a common neurological disease with a genetic basis affecting approximately 12% of the population. Pain during a migraine attack is associated with activation of the trigeminal nerve system, which carries pain signals from the meninges and the blood vessels infusing the meninges to the trigeminal nucleus in the brain stem. The release of inflammatory mediators following cortical spreading depression...
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