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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
In the last few years a fundamental role for magnesium in establishing the threshold for migraine attacks and involvement in the pathophysiologic mechanisms related to its onset has become evident. We measured serum and salivary magnesium levels in juvenile migraine patients (with and without aura) and in a group of healthy young individuals by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Migraineurs were studied in migraine-free (interictal) periods and during attacks. In comparison with normal subjects, migraine patients had lower levels of serum and salivary magnesium interictally. Serum magnesium levels tended to be further reduced during attacks. With respect to the values of interictal periods we observed a reduction, not statistically significant, of salivary magnesium levels for both migraine groups. Serum, and to a lesser extent salivary magnesium level reduction, could be an expression, at the peripheral level, of reduced cerebral magnesium levels which would contribute, at least in part, to defining the threshold for migraine attacks.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0017-8748
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
132-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-2-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Serum and salivary magnesium levels in migraine. Results in a group of juvenile patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Interuniversity Center for Study of Headache and Neurotransmitter Disorders, Perugia, Roma, Sassari, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article