Cerebral Blood Flow and Migraine

Abstract

Blood flow in the basilar and internal carotid arteries and diameters of middle meningeal, carotid, and cerebral arteries were measured using 3Tesla magnetic resonance angiography, at baseline, during infusion of nitroglycerin or placebo, and during a provoked attack, at 6 hrs after infusion, in 32 migraineurs, aged 18-55 years, in a study at Leiden University Medical Centre, the Netherlands.

Keywords

• nitroglycerin
• blood vessels
• migraine headache