NONSYNAPTIC DIFFUSION NEUROTRANSMISSION - A NOVEL CONCEPT FOR FUTURE MIGRAINE RESEARCH

Authors
BACHYRITA P
Citation
P. Bachyrita, NONSYNAPTIC DIFFUSION NEUROTRANSMISSION - A NOVEL CONCEPT FOR FUTURE MIGRAINE RESEARCH, Cephalalgia, 14(6), 1994, pp. 396-400
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Cephalalgia → ACNP
ISSN journal
03331024
Volume
14
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
396 - 400
Database
ISI
SICI code
0333-1024(1994)14:6<396:NDN-AN>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The concept of non-synaptic diffusion neurotransmission (NDN) is revie wed. Evidence is presented that monoamine neurotransmission is largely by NDN. The role of NDN in pain and sleep is described and its releva nce to migraine research is discussed.