TY - JOUR T1 - Occipital activation in glyceryl trinitrate induced migraine with visual aura JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 1158 LP - 1160 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.2004.050633 VL - 76 IS - 8 AU - S Afridi AU - H Kaube AU - P J Goadsby Y1 - 2005/08/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/76/8/1158.abstract N2 - A case of migraine is presented with visual aura triggered on two separate occasions by glyceryl trinitrate (GTN). Positron emission tomography was carried out during the second triggering session. Activation in the primary visual area of the occipital cortex was demonstrated during the aura. This is the first published case of migraine aura triggered reproducibly by GTN. ER -