Possible sites of action of the new calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonists

Migraine is considered a neurovascular disease affecting more than 10% of the general population. Currently available drugs for the acute treatment of migraine are vasoconstrictors, which have limitations in their therapeutic use. The calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) has a key role in migraine...

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Main Authors: Sajedeh Eftekhari, Lars Edvinsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-11-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1756285610388343