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Investigation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene variants in migraine.
Headache - 1 Jan 2000
Sutherland Heidi G, Maher Bridget H, Rodriguez-Acevedo Astrid J, Haupt Larisa M, Griffiths Lyn R
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OBJECTIVE: A number of observations have suggested that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a role in migraine pathophysiology. This study investigates whether variants in the BDNF gene are associated with migraine in an Australian case-control population. BACKGROUND: BDNF has an important role in neural growth, development, and survival in the central nervous system and is an important modulator of...
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