Headaches: current concepts

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Rodrigo Isaza Bermúdez

Abstract

An update of physiopathogenesis and different hypothesis of the headache is presented. The relationship between serotonin and the discover of agonists and antagonist receptors are reviewed. The use of the most important drugs for migraine and research drugs are also pointed out.

Keywords:
Serotonin, Trigeminovascular Net, P Substance, Galanin, Neuropeptide, Migraine, Raphe

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Author Biography

Rodrigo Isaza Bermúdez, University of Antioquia

Clinical Neurologist. Professor of Neurology at the University of Antioquia and Coordinator of the Chair of Neurology at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellin Colombia. S.A.

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