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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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. 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 extensively discussed and a chapter on the question of whether migraine is a neuroinflammatory disease concludes this comprehensive analysis.
Clinicians and scientists interested in inflammation from a physiological or pharmacological perspective and those interested in the pathogenesis of headache - migraine in particular - are the intended audience for this unique body of work.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Migraine: A Neuroinflammatory Disease?
Editors: Egilius L. H. Spierings, Margarita Sánchez del Río
Series Title: Progress in Inflammation Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8131-9
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-6231-7Published: 01 January 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9449-4Published: 30 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8131-9Published: 28 November 2012
Series ISSN: 1422-7746
Series E-ISSN: 2296-4525
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 172