Archive for the ‘Animal studies’ Category

Cluster Headache and the Occipital Nerve (part 1 of 4)

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

T Bartsch & PJ Goadsby (2002) “Stimulation of the greater occipital nerve induces increased central excitability of dural afferent input” Brain 125: 1496-1509. (click author to see paper) Several weeks ago, after my post on occipital nerve stimulation, astute reader Friedrich (who incidentally runs the German cluster headache research website at http://ck-wissen.de/ckwiki/index.php?title=ELPAS) mentioned several other…Read More…

Akerman Wins a Prize for This One (Part 2)

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

S Akerman, PR Holland, MP Lasalandra & PJ Goadsby (2009) “Oxygen Inhibits Neuronal Activation in the Trigeminocervical Complex After Stimulation of Trigeminal Autonomic Reflex, But Not During Direct Dural Activation of Trigeminal Afferents”. Headache 49: 1131-1143. (click authors to see paper) Dr. Sewell’s comment: In our last post, we dissected the title of Akerman’s new…Read More…

Akerman Wins a Prize for This One (Part 1)

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

S Akerman, PR Holland, MP Lasalandra & PJ Goadsby (2009) “Oxygen Inhibits Neuronal Activation in the Trigeminocervical Complex After Stimulation of Trigeminal Autonomic Reflex, But Not During Direct Dural Activation of Trigeminal Afferents”. Headache 49: 1131-1143. (click authors to see paper) AUTHORS’ ABSTRACT: Objective.-To understand the mechanism of action of oxygen treatment in cluster headache.…Read More…