Cardiovascular Research

Cerebrospinal fluid sodium increases in migraine.

Authors: Michael G Harrington|||Alfred N Fonteh|||Robert P Cowan|||Kathy Perrine|||Janice M Pogoda|||Roger G Biringer|||Andreas F R Hühmer

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Abstract

Pharmaceuticals with calcium- or sodium-channel-blocking activity have proven useful for migraine prophylaxis, and calcium channel, sodium transporter, and sodium channel gene mutations have been found in familial hemiplegic migraine. However, it is not known whether calcium or sodium homeostasis is altered in migraine.

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Chemical List

Sodium|||Magnesium|||Potassium|||Calcium