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Edition: 1st
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B000UGWW00
Migraine: A Neuroinflammatory Disease? (Progress in Inflammation Research)
The potential involvement of neurogenic inflammation in the pathogenesis
of the migraine headache and the inhibition of this mechanism as a
possible mode of action of antimigraine medications are discussed in
great depth in this volume. Medical books Migraine. Medical books .
Medical Book Migraine
The topics are approached from a
pathophysiological as well as a clinical experimental perspective by a
renowned group of clinicians and scientists who carefully consider the
current, future, and potential therapeutic approaches to migraine
treatment.
The first chapters of the book address the impact of migraine on a
personal and societal level, the presentation, pathogenesis and
treatment of migraine as well as the role of neurogenic inflammation.
Subsequent chapters present models of neurogenic inflammation related to
the pathogenesis of the migraine headache, focussing on the mediators
and their receptors, as well as on the involvement of mast cells. The
possibility of inhibition of neurogenic inflammation in abortive and
preventive migraine treatment is also extensive
