26. Drugs for Migraine

Tina Hinton

Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9351 6208; Fax: +61 2 9351 3868; Email: tina.hinton@sydney.edu.au

Key words: cortical spreading depression, neurogenic inflammation, 5-HT, acute treatment, prophylactic treatment

Contents

26.1 Migraine

26.2 Pathogenesis of Migraine

26.3 Cortical Spreading Depression

26.4 Neurogenic Inflammation Theory

26.5 Role of 5-HT in Migraine

26.6 Acute and Prophylactic Treatment of Migraine