Friday, January 17, 2014

What's going on inside your brain?

- 2nd post will focus on one of the biological underpinnings.


Migraine genetics: An update (Haan, Kors, Vanmolkot, van den Maagdenberg, Frants, & Ferrari, 2005)
CITATION WITHOUT FORMATTING: Haan, J., Kors, E., Vanmolkot, K. R., van den Maagdenberg, A. M., Frants, R. R., & Ferrari, M. D. (2005). Migraine genetics: An update. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 9(3), 213-220. doi:10.1007/s11916-005-0065-9
 
- migraine is a neurovascular disorder (affecting both the nerves and the blood vessels) with many factors contributing to it, including genetics
- gene mutations are involved in familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM). the genes responsible for FHM are the CACNA1A gene and the ATP1A2 gene
- shows that migraines also have genetic causes

 

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