The Role of the External Carotid Vasculature in Migraine

The Headache Clinic
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The pathogenesis of migraine pain has not yet been adequately explained and remains the subject of vigorous debate 

The pathogenesis of migraine pain has not yet been adequately explained and remains the subject of vigorous debate. Early studies by Harold Wolff and his associates on the extracranial terminal branches of the external carotid artery provided compelling evidence of their involvement in the evolution of migraine pain. They postulated that migraine pain emanates from dilated extracranial arteries.


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