Blocking brain chemical could stop migraines

• Autores: Jessica Hamzelou
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3043, 2015, pág. 16
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The varied symptoms of migraines can be triggered by hunger or stress, but their underlying cause has remained a mystery. Now it seems a molecule deep in the brain may be to blame. To investigate, Simon Akerman at New York University and Peter Goadsby at King's College London studied two peptides released by neurons thought to be involved in migraine pain.