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Abstract
The decrease in neuronal activity (related to a decrease in metabolic demand) extending from the site of cortical stimulation. It is believed to be responsible for the decrease in cerebral blood flow that accompanies the aura of MIGRAINE WITH AURA. (Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 8th ed.)
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- Cortical Depression, Spreading
- Spreading Cortical Depression
- Spreading Depression of Leao
- Cortical Depressions, Spreading
- Cortical Spreading Depressions
- Depression, Cortical Spreading
- Depression, Spreading Cortical
- Depressions, Cortical Spreading
- Depressions, Spreading Cortical
- Leao Spreading Depression
- Spreading Cortical Depressions
- Spreading Depression, Cortical
- Spreading Depressions, Cortical
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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2010(1964)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cortical Spreading Depression. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013181. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013181
- Cortical Spreading Depression. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortical_spreading_depression
- Cortical Spreading Depression. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461576