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| Title |
Interictal Dysfunction of a Brainstem Descending Modulatory Center in Migraine Patients
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2008
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0003799 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Eric A. Moulton, Rami Burstein, Shannon Tully, Richard Hargreaves, Lino Becerra, David Borsook |
| Abstract |
The brainstem contains descending circuitry that can modulate nociceptive processing (neural signals associated with pain) in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord and the medullary dorsal horn. In migraineurs, abnormal brainstem function during attacks suggest that dysfunction of descending modulation may facilitate migraine attacks, either by reducing descending inhibition or increasing facilitation. To determine whether a brainstem dysfunction could play a role in facilitating migraine attacks, we measured brainstem function in migraineurs when they were not having an attack (i.e. the interictal phase). |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 137 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 5 | 4% |
| Brazil | 3 | 2% |
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Unknown | 124 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 35 | 26% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 9% |
| Professor | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 27 | 20% |
| Unknown | 23 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 49 | 36% |
| Neuroscience | 24 | 18% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 8% |
| Psychology | 7 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 9 | 7% |
| Unknown | 34 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 December 2018.
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#12,864,199
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#100,210
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#133,010
of 165,213 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#373
of 454 outputs
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