Pathophysiology of headache

Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2003 Mar;3(2):109-14. doi: 10.1007/s11910-003-0061-6.

Abstract

Clinical features of different headache syndromes have been described in great detail; however, its pathophysiology remains poorly understood. We review the latest findings in both human imaging studies and experimental animals to explain the possible mechanisms involved in the genesis of headache syndromes.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / complications
  • Cerebral Cortex / pathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology
  • Dizziness / etiology
  • Headache / complications
  • Headache / pathology
  • Headache / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Migraine with Aura / pathology
  • Migraine with Aura / physiopathology
  • Nitric Oxide / physiology
  • Pain / etiology
  • Pain / pathology
  • Pain / physiopathology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed
  • Vertigo / etiology

Substances

  • Nitric Oxide