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T Sprenger1, F Willoch, M Miederer, F Schindler, M Valet, A Berthele, M E Spilker, S Förderreuther, A Straube, I Stangier, H J Wester, T R Tölle.
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Using PET with the opioidergic ligand [11C]diprenorphine, the authors demonstrate decreased tracer binding in the pineal gland of cluster headache patients vs healthy volunteers. Opioid receptor availability in the hypothalamus and cingulate cortex depended on the duration of the headache disorder. Therefore, the pathophysiology of cluster headache may relate to opioidergic dysfunction in circuitries generating the biologic clock.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16606930 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000204225.15947.f8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910