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Papers: 26 Mar 2022 - 1 Apr 2022


Pharmacology/Drug Development

PAIN TYPE:
Migraine/Headache


2022 Mar 25


Cephalalgia

Atogepant – an orally-administered CGRP antagonist – attenuates activation of meningeal nociceptors by CSD.

Authors

Strassman AM, Melo-Carrillo A, Houle TT, Adams A, Brin MF, Burstein R
Cephalalgia. 2022 Mar 25:3331024221083544.
PMID: 35332801.

Abstract

This study investigated the mechanism of action of atogepant, a small-molecule CGRP receptor antagonist recently approved for the preventive treatment of episodic migraine, by assessing its effect on activation of mechanosensitive C- and Aδ-meningeal nociceptors following cortical spreading depression.