A neural hypothesis for stress-induced headache

Stuart CATHCART

doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.03.056

A neural hypothesis for stress-induced headache

Stuart CATHCART

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Abstract

The mechanisms by which stress contributes to CTH are not clearly understood. The commonly accepted notion of muscle hyper-reactivity to stress in CTH sufferers is not supported in the research data. We propose a neural model whereby stress acts supra-spinally to aggravate already increased pain sensitivity in CTH sufferers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1011-1013
Number of pages	3
Journal	Medical Hypotheses
Volume	73
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2009.03.056
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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