Migraine treatment references

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Neuroimmune interactions in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: Disease activity and clinical behavior based on Substance P serum levels

Medical News Today Feb 2012
Migraine Increases Risk Of Depression In Women

ScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2012)
Technology Eases Migraine Pain in the Deep Brain

ACHE 2011
Vitamin D, Migraine, and Health - Medical Complications: Optimize Therapy!

ScienceDaily (June 23, 2011)
Model of a Migraine Indicates Increased Neuronal Excitability as a Possible Cause

ScienceDaily (June 1, 2011)
More Men With Migraine Suffer from PTSD Than Women, Study Finds

Chin J Integr Med. 2011 Mar;17(3):187-9
Acupuncture for pain: an overview of Cochrane reviews

THE JOURNAL OF HEADACHE AND PAIN Volume 12, Number 2 (2011), 127-133
Manual therapies for migraine: a systematic review

J Headache Pain. 2010 Aug;11(4):301-7
The prevalence of headache may be related with the latitude: a possible role of Vitamin D insufficiency?

Antioxid Redox Signal. 2010 May 15;12(10):1191-202
Hydrogen sulfide and substance P in inflammation

ScienceDaily (Aug. 24, 2010)
Migraine Sufferers Have Higher Risk of Dying from Heart Disease and Stroke, Research Finds

ScienceDaily (Mar. 10, 2009)
Migraines Increase Stroke Risk During Pregnancy

ScienceDaily (Apr. 17, 2008)
Migraine Frequency Linked With Women's Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease

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Progesterone metabolites rapidly stimulate calcium influx in human platelets by a src-dependent pathway

Brain Res Rev. 2008 Mar;57(2):460-9
Neuroactive steroids and peripheral neuropathy

Brain Research Reviews Volume 57, Issue 2, 14 March 2008, Pages 454-459
Peripheral neuropathy and neurosteroid formation in the central nervous system

J Headache Pain. 2008 Apr;9(2):103-7
Relationship between high prolactin levels and migraine attacks in patients with microprolactinoma

University of Michigan 2008
Oestrogen metabolites in relation to isoprostanes as a measure of oxidative stress

Eur J Pain. 2008 Apr;12(3):301-13
Butterbur root extract and music therapy in the prevention of childhood migraine: an explorative study

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Progesterone Prevents Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Intestinal Nuclear Factor kappa B Activation and Proinflammatory Cytokines Expression in Male Rats

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Progesterone and its derivatives are neuroprotective agents in experimental diabetic neuropathy: a multimodal analysis

Life Sciences Volume 81, Issue 3, 27 June 2007, Pages 188-197
Gender specific effect of progesterone on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain Volume 47 Issue s2 Page S68-S78, September 2007
Neuroactive Properties of Reproductive Steroids

Future Medicine July 2007, Vol. 4, No. 4, Pages 451-456
Vascular surgery for chronic migraine

Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2006 Oct-Dec;19(4):787-94
Progesterone inhibits mast cell secretion

Headache 2006;46(3):365-386
Ovarian Hormones and Migraine Headache: Perimenopause

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The Influence of Estrogen on Migraine

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE Volume 84, Number 2 (2006), 159-167
The progesterone derivative dydrogesterone down-regulates neurokinin 1 receptor expression on lymphocytes, induces a Th2 skew and exerts hypoalgesic effects in mice

J Headache Pain. 2006 Apr;7(2):83-9
High prolactin levels as a worsening factor for migraine

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Jun 21;102(25):9044-9
Substance P inhibits progesterone conversion to neuroactive metabolites in spinal sensory circuit: a potential component of nociception

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Aprepitant (EMEND): the role of substance P in nausea and vomiting

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face PainVolume 45, Issue 9, pages 1190-1201, October 2005
Defining the Relationship Between Ovarian Hormones and Migraine Headache

Neurology March 2, 2004
Prevalence of migraine on each day of the natural menstrual cycle

Biocell v.28 n.1 Mendoza ene./abr. 2004
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Vitamins & Hormones Volume 69, 2004, Pages 297-312
Role of Magnesium, Coenzyme Q10, Riboflavin, and Vitamin B12 in Migraine Prophylaxis

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse PractitionersVolume 16, Issue 6, pages 251-256, June 2004
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Differential effects of unopposed versus opposed hormone therapy, tibolone, and raloxifene on substance p levels

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Progesterone inhibits human infragenicular arterial smooth muscle cell proliferation induced by high glucose and insulin concentrations

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Progesterone, but Not Medroxyprogesterone, Inhibits Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2001; 80: 972?973
Substantial relief of myopathic disability by progesterone therapy

Hypertension. 2001;37:142
Vascular Effects of Progesterone

Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2001 Jun;33(6):555-76
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Progesterone Prevents Estradiol-Induced Dendritic Spine Formation in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons

Psychopharmacology Volume 141, Number 2 / January, 1999, 213-219
The GABAA receptor antagonist picrotoxin attenuates most sleep changes induced by progesterone

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1999, Vol. 84, No. 1 265-271
Two Antiatherogenic Effects of Progesterone on Human Macrophages; Inhibition of Cholesteryl Ester Synthesis and Block of Its Enhancement by Glucocorticoids

Am J Gastroenterol. 1998 Oct;93(10):1867-72
The menstrual cycle and its effect on inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome: a prevalence study

Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 272: E885-E891, 1997
Progesterone-induced changes in sleep in male subjects

Mol Chem Neuropathol. 1997 May;31(1):1-11
Progesterone protects against lipid peroxidation following traumatic brain injury in rats

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Reversible muscle weakness in patients with vitamin D deficiency

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Progesterone induces changes in sleep comparable to those of agonistic GABAA receptor modulators

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Anxiolytic Effect of Progesterone is Mediated by the Neurosteroid Allopregnanolone at Brain GABAA Receptors

Headache. 1994 Nov-Dec;34(10):590-2
Alleviation of migraines with therapeutic vitamin D and calcium

Headache. 1994 Oct;34(9):544-6
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Differences in serum lipids, lipoproteins, sex hormone binding globulin and testosterone between the follicular and the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle

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Oestradiol enhances in vitro the histamine release induced by embryonic histamine-releasing factor (EHRF) from uterine mast cells

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Estradiol selectively regulates agonist binding sites on the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex in the CA1 region of the hippocampus

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Dose-Related Effects of Progesterone and 5 Alpha-Di hydroprogesterone upon Estrogen-Induced Prolactin Release

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Relationship of Menopausal Status and Sex Hormones to Serum Lipids and Blood Pressure

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Feedback regulation by progesterone of stress-induced prolactin release in rats

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Progesterone alters GABA and glutamate responsiveness: a possible mechanism for its anxiolytic action

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Effects of oestrogen and bromocryptine on in vivo secretion and mitosis in prolactin cells

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