[Basilar migraine with alexia but not agraphia: arterial spasm on arteriography and the effect of naloxone].

Abstract

A basilar migraine with alexia without agraphia and episodes of dysmnesia was treated with naloxone. The triggering of an attack by angiography, allowed to see an arterial spasm. The beneficial effect of naloxone is discussed, together with the respective roles of spasm and neuronal metabolic changes in the mechanisms of symptoms and signs.

• Authors: B Laurent, D Michel, J C Antoine, D Montagnon
• Journal: Revue neurologique (Rev Neurol (Paris)) Vol. 140 Issue 11 Pg. 663-5 ( 1984) ISSN: 0035-3787 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Migraine basilaire avec alexie sans agraphie: spasme artériel a l'artériographie et effet de la naloxone.
• PMID: 6505494 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Naloxone

Topics

• Adult
• Agraphia
• Basilar Artery (diagnostic imaging)
• Dyslexia, Acquired (etiology)
• Hemianopsia (etiology)
• Humans
• Male
• Migraine Disorders (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, etiology)
• Naloxone (therapeutic use)
• Neurons (drug effects)
• Radiography
• Spasm (diagnostic imaging)
• Vertebral Artery (diagnostic imaging)