Biochemistry & Pharmacology: Open Access
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Jin-Xia Yu

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• Research Article
  Chronic Tension Type Headache, An Analog for Fibromyalgia and Depression Disorder?
  Author(s): Ping Qu, Jin-Xia Yu, Lan Xia and Gui-Hai ChenPing Qu, Jin-Xia Yu, Lan Xia and Gui-Hai Chen
  
  Background: Chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) is the most prevalent headache and is associated with a high socio-economic impact. The exact pathogenesis of CTTH remains unclear. It has been shown CTTH has many similar clinic features with fibromyalgia (FM) and major depression disorder (MDD). Several studies have found some changes of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) and hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axes, sex hormones and pro-inflammatory cytokines in FM and MDD. We speculated CTTH has the same changes. Striving to provide new insights into the pathophysiology of CTTH, we designed this trial to address the common and specific aspects of these three disorders in their clinic features and pathophysiological mechanisms, especially from the neuroendocrine system and inflammatory pathways. Method: The patients with CTTH, FM and MDD were recruited, and the healthy subjects we.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0501.1000190

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