CLUSTER HEADACHE - ULTRASTRUCTURAL EVIDENCE FOR MAST-CELL DEGRANULATION AND INTERACTION WITH NERVE-FIBERS IN THE HUMAN TEMPORAL ARTERY

被引:29
作者
DIMITRIADOU, V
HENRY, P
BROCHET, B
MATHIAU, P
AUBINEAU, P
机构
[1] Laboratoire de Physiologie et Physiopathologie Cerebrovasculaire, Université Paris V.I., I, INSERM U182, CNRS UA641, 75010, Paris
[2] Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux
关键词
Cluster headache; degranulation; human temporal artery; mast cells; nerve fibres;
D O I
10.1046/j.1468-2982.1990.1005221.x
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
It has been suggested that histamine plays an important role in the pathogenesis of cluster headache. In addition, both neurogenic and vascular components have been described during cluster headache attacks without an obvious anatomical link between them. Our ultrastructural observations of human temporal arteries from cluster headache patients and their comparison to those from a control group strongly suggest that mast cells may be this link. Mast cells in both groups show a very close apposition with nerve fibres, suggesting a functional interaction between them. Moreover, in the cluster headache group exclusively, adventitial mast cells show profound morphological modifications suggesting progressive degranulation. These data strongly suggest that mast cells could be directly or indirectly involved in the pathophysiology of cluster headaches. © 1990, International Headache Society. All rights reserved.
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页码:221 / 228
页数:8
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