The need for interaction between the “top-down” and “bottom-up” approaches to migraine

Gowers WR. A manual of diseases of the nervous system. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston & Son, 1988: 1171–96

Wolff HG. Headache and other pain. New York: Oxford University Press, 1948

Moskowitz M. The neurobiology of vascular headache. Ann Neurol 1984; 16: 157–68

Sicuteri F , Testi A , Anselmi B. Biochemical investigations in headache: increase in the hydroxyindoleacetic acid excretion during migraine attacks. Int Arch Allergy 1961; 19: 55–8

The subcutaneous sumatriptan international study group ( Ferrari MD , Melamed E , Gawel M Treatment of migraine attacks with sumatriptan. N Engl J Med 1991; 325: 316–21