Verisimilitude (or "truthlikeness") As an Alternative to Pro and Cons: Migraine and Cluster Headache Mechanisms

Overview

Journal J Headache Pain

Publisher Biomed Central

Date 2010 Jul 8

PMID 20607582

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Authors

Peer Carsten Tfelt-Hansen

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Abstract

Calculating verisimilitude (or "truthlikeness") ad modum Popper is a quantitative alternative to the usual pros and cons in migraine and cluster headache mechanisms. The following items were evaluated: dilation of large cranial arteries during migraine; CGRP increase during migraine; migraine as a brain disorder; aura and migraine headache; brain stem activation during migraine; rCBF in migraine without aura; NO and pathophysiology of migraine; neurogenic inflammation and migraine; aura in cluster headache; and hypothalamic activation in cluster headache. It is concluded that verisimilitude calculations can be helpful when judging pathophysiological problems in migraine and cluster headache.

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