Cardiovascular Research

Sodium MRI in a rat migraine model and a NEURON simulation study support a role for sodium in migraine.

Authors: Michael G Harrington|||Eduard Y Chekmenev|||Victor Schepkin|||Alfred N Fonteh|||Xianghong Arakaki

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Abstract

Increased lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sodium has been reported during migraine. We used ultra-high field MRI to investigate cranial sodium in a rat migraine model, and simulated the effects of extracellular sodium on neuronal excitability.

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