| Literature DB >> 18549410 |
William Young1, Brianna Cook, Shahram Malik, James Shaw, Michael Oshinsky.
Abstract
We performed greater occipital nerve blocks on 24 migraineurs with unilateral migraine and trigeminal nerve distribution allodynia. Using a visual analog scale for migraine pain, brush allodynia in the trigeminal nerve distribution and photophobia were reduced 64%, 75%, and 67%, respectively, after 5 minutes. Allodynia improved faster than headache. The results of this study suggest that greater occipital nerve blocks initiate an inhibitory process that shuts down several symptom generators.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18549410 PMCID: PMC4029494 DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01146.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Headache ISSN: 0017-8748 Impact factor: 5.887