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Till Sprenger1, M Viana2, C Tassorelli2,3

  • 1Department of Neurology, DKD Helios Klinik Wiesbaden, Aukammallee 33, 65191, Wiesbaden, Germany. till.sprenger@helios-gesundheit.de.

Neurotherapeutics : the Journal of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics
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PubMed

Keywords:
AntidepressantsAntiepileptic drugsBotulinum toxinCortical spreading depressionMechanism of actionsMigraine preventionβ blockers

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