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THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN MIGRAINE: NEGATIVE EFFECT OF ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE ON THE ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE OF THE SKIN DURING THE RELIEF OF MIGRAINE HEADACHE

THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN MIGRAINE: NEGATIVE EFFECT OF ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE ON THE... Abstract In recent years there has been a popular tendency in medicine to make sweeping and unwarranted generalizations regarding the activity of the sympathetic nervous system in a number of clinical conditions of obscure etiology. Terms such as sympathicotonia, vagotonia, autonomic dysfunction and the like are commonly used in the literature as a cloak for ignorance of the actual mechanism of the condition in question. These remarks are particularly applicable to the problem of migraine, in which so many investigators recently have implicated the sympathetic nervous system in theories regarding the etiology of the disease.1 These theories have been especially difficult to evaluate on account of the almost complete absence of evidence either for or against them. In spite of this situation, perhaps because of it, the theory of sympathetic dysfunction in migraine is becoming more widely accepted.2 The recent successful use of ergotamine in the relief of the References 1. Blitzsten, N. L., and Brams, W. A.: Migraine with Abdominal Equivalent , J. A. M. A. 86:675 ( (March 6) ) 1926.Crossref 2. Dandy, W. E.: Treatment of Hemicrania (Migraine) by Removal of the Inferior Cervical and the First Thoracic Sympathetic Ganglion , Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 48:357, 1931. 3. Hartung, E. F.: Present Day Aspects of Migraine , New York State J. Med. 27:240, 1927. 4. Leischner, A. W.: Therapeutische Versuche bei Melancholie, Schizophrenie und Migräne , Med. Klin. 26:1592, 1930. 5. Mackay, R. P.: Ophthalmoplegic Migraine , Am. J. Ophth. 12:889, 1929. 6. Muck, O.: Ueber das Wesen der Hemicrania sympathicotonica , München. med. Wchnschr. 71:1749, 1924. 7. Richter, H.: Zur Frage der Pathogenese des Migräneanfalles und seiner Beziehungen zum epileptischen Anfall , Ztschr. f. d. ges. Neurol. u. Psychiat. 97:387, 1925.Crossref 8. Vallery-Radot, Pasteur: Rapport sur la pathogénie des migraines , Rev. neurol. 32:881, 1925. 9. Riley, H. A.: Migraine , Bull. Neurol. Inst. New York 2:429, 1932. 10. Lennox, W. G.: The Use of Ergotamine Tartrate in Migraine , New England J. Med. 210:1061, 1934.Crossref 11. Trautmann, Edgar: Die Beeinflussung migräneartiger Zustände durch ein Sympathikushemmendes Mittel (Gynergen) , München. med. Wchnschr. 75:513, 1928. 12. Goldman, M., Jr.,: Recherches cliniques sur l'action de l'ergotamine sur le système végétatif , Arch. d. mal. du cœur 21:204, 1928. 13. Landis, Carney, and De Wick, H. N.: The Electrical Phenomena of the Skin (Psychogalvanic Reflex) , Psychol. Bull. 26:64, 1929Crossref 14. 29:693, 1932. 15. Solomon, Philip: The Psychogalvanic Reflex: Applications to Neurology and Psychiatry , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 34:818 ( (Oct.) ) 1935. 16. Darrow, C. W.: The Electrical, Circulatory, Secretory, and Thermal Reflexes of the Skin , Proc. Internat. Cong. Psychol. 9:136, 1929. 17. Gildemeister, M.: Der galvanische Hautreflex als Teilerscheinung eines allgemeinen autonomen Reflexes , Arch. f. d. ges. Physiol. 197:432, 1922. 18. Schilf, E., and Schuberth, A.: Ueber das sogenannte psychogalvanische Reflexphänomen beim Frosch und seine Beziehung zum vegetativen Nervensystem , Arch. f. d. ges. Physiol. 195:75, 1922. 19. Richter, C. P.: The Significance of Changes in the Electrical Resistance of the Body During Sleep , Proc. Nat. Acad. Sc. 12:214, 1926 20. Sleep Produced by Hypnotics Studied by the Electrical Skin Resistance Method , J. Pharmacol. & Exper. Therap. 42:471, 1931 21. Pathologic Sleep and Similar Conditions Studied by the Electrical Skin Resistance Method , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 21:363 ( (Feb.) ) 1929. 22. Tower, S. S., and Richter, C. P.: Injury and Repair Within the Sympathetic Nervous System: I. The Preganglionic Neurons , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 26: 485 ( (Sept.) ) 1931 23. II. The Postganglionic Neurons , Tower Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 28:1139 ( (Nov.) ) 1932. 24. Schwartz, H. G.: Reflex Activity Within the Sympathetic Nervous System , Am. J. Physiol. 109:593, 1934. 25. Landis, Carney: Psychiatry and the "Psychogalvanic Reflex," Psychiatric Quart. 6:262, 1932 26. Psychology and the Psychogalvanic Reflex , Psychol. Rev. 37:381, 1930. 27. Levine, Maurice: Measurement of Electrical Skin Resistance , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 29:829 ( (April) ) 1933. 28. Richter, C. P.: A Study of the Electrical Skin Resistance and the Psychogalvanic Reflex in a Case of Unilateral Sweating , Brain 50:216, 1927. 29. Forbes, T. W., and Landis, Carney: A Systematic Investigation of Methodology in the Measurement of Electrical Phenomena of the Skin , Psychol. Bull. 29:675, 1932. 30. James, H. E. O., and Thouless, R. H.: A Note on the Effect of Polarization in Psycho-Galvanic Experiments , Brit. J. Psychol. (Gen. Sect.) 17:49, 1926. 31. Richter, C. P.: Physiological Factors Involved in the Electrical Resistance of the Skin , Am. J. Physiol. 88:596, 1929. 32. Farmer, E., and Chambers, E. G.: Concerning the Use of the Psychogalvanic Reflex in Psychological Experiments , Brit. J. Psychol. (Gen. Sect.) 15:237, 1924. 33. Printzmetal, M., and Bloomberg, W.: The Use of Benzedrine for the Treatment of Narcolepsy , J. A. M. A. 105:2051 ( (Dec. 21) ) 1935. 34. Ergotamine tartrate is prepared under the commercial name gynergen by the Sandoz Chemical Works, Inc. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry American Medical Association

THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN MIGRAINE: NEGATIVE EFFECT OF ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE ON THE ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE OF THE SKIN DURING THE RELIEF OF MIGRAINE HEADACHE

Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry , Volume 35 (5) – May 1, 1936

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Abstract In recent years there has been a popular tendency in medicine to make sweeping and unwarranted generalizations regarding the activity of the sympathetic nervous system in a number of clinical conditions of obscure etiology. Terms such as sympathicotonia, vagotonia, autonomic dysfunction and the like are commonly used in the literature as a cloak for ignorance of the actual mechanism of the condition in question. These remarks are particularly applicable to the problem of migraine, in which so many investigators recently have implicated the sympathetic nervous system in theories regarding the etiology of the disease.1 These theories have been especially difficult to evaluate on account of the almost complete absence of evidence either for or against them. In spite of this situation, perhaps because of it, the theory of sympathetic dysfunction in migraine is becoming more widely accepted.2 The recent successful use of ergotamine in the relief of the References 1. Blitzsten, N. L., and Brams, W. A.: Migraine with Abdominal Equivalent , J. A. M. A. 86:675 ( (March 6) ) 1926.Crossref 2. Dandy, W. E.: Treatment of Hemicrania (Migraine) by Removal of the Inferior Cervical and the First Thoracic Sympathetic Ganglion , Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 48:357, 1931. 3. Hartung, E. F.: Present Day Aspects of Migraine , New York State J. Med. 27:240, 1927. 4. Leischner, A. W.: Therapeutische Versuche bei Melancholie, Schizophrenie und Migräne , Med. Klin. 26:1592, 1930. 5. Mackay, R. P.: Ophthalmoplegic Migraine , Am. J. Ophth. 12:889, 1929. 6. Muck, O.: Ueber das Wesen der Hemicrania sympathicotonica , München. med. Wchnschr. 71:1749, 1924. 7. Richter, H.: Zur Frage der Pathogenese des Migräneanfalles und seiner Beziehungen zum epileptischen Anfall , Ztschr. f. d. ges. Neurol. u. Psychiat. 97:387, 1925.Crossref 8. Vallery-Radot, Pasteur: Rapport sur la pathogénie des migraines , Rev. neurol. 32:881, 1925. 9. Riley, H. A.: Migraine , Bull. Neurol. Inst. New York 2:429, 1932. 10. Lennox, W. G.: The Use of Ergotamine Tartrate in Migraine , New England J. Med. 210:1061, 1934.Crossref 11. Trautmann, Edgar: Die Beeinflussung migräneartiger Zustände durch ein Sympathikushemmendes Mittel (Gynergen) , München. med. Wchnschr. 75:513, 1928. 12. Goldman, M., Jr.,: Recherches cliniques sur l'action de l'ergotamine sur le système végétatif , Arch. d. mal. du cœur 21:204, 1928. 13. Landis, Carney, and De Wick, H. N.: The Electrical Phenomena of the Skin (Psychogalvanic Reflex) , Psychol. Bull. 26:64, 1929Crossref 14. 29:693, 1932. 15. Solomon, Philip: The Psychogalvanic Reflex: Applications to Neurology and Psychiatry , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 34:818 ( (Oct.) ) 1935. 16. Darrow, C. W.: The Electrical, Circulatory, Secretory, and Thermal Reflexes of the Skin , Proc. Internat. Cong. Psychol. 9:136, 1929. 17. Gildemeister, M.: Der galvanische Hautreflex als Teilerscheinung eines allgemeinen autonomen Reflexes , Arch. f. d. ges. Physiol. 197:432, 1922. 18. Schilf, E., and Schuberth, A.: Ueber das sogenannte psychogalvanische Reflexphänomen beim Frosch und seine Beziehung zum vegetativen Nervensystem , Arch. f. d. ges. Physiol. 195:75, 1922. 19. Richter, C. P.: The Significance of Changes in the Electrical Resistance of the Body During Sleep , Proc. Nat. Acad. Sc. 12:214, 1926 20. Sleep Produced by Hypnotics Studied by the Electrical Skin Resistance Method , J. Pharmacol. & Exper. Therap. 42:471, 1931 21. Pathologic Sleep and Similar Conditions Studied by the Electrical Skin Resistance Method , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 21:363 ( (Feb.) ) 1929. 22. Tower, S. S., and Richter, C. P.: Injury and Repair Within the Sympathetic Nervous System: I. The Preganglionic Neurons , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 26: 485 ( (Sept.) ) 1931 23. II. The Postganglionic Neurons , Tower Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 28:1139 ( (Nov.) ) 1932. 24. Schwartz, H. G.: Reflex Activity Within the Sympathetic Nervous System , Am. J. Physiol. 109:593, 1934. 25. Landis, Carney: Psychiatry and the "Psychogalvanic Reflex," Psychiatric Quart. 6:262, 1932 26. Psychology and the Psychogalvanic Reflex , Psychol. Rev. 37:381, 1930. 27. Levine, Maurice: Measurement of Electrical Skin Resistance , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 29:829 ( (April) ) 1933. 28. Richter, C. P.: A Study of the Electrical Skin Resistance and the Psychogalvanic Reflex in a Case of Unilateral Sweating , Brain 50:216, 1927. 29. Forbes, T. W., and Landis, Carney: A Systematic Investigation of Methodology in the Measurement of Electrical Phenomena of the Skin , Psychol. Bull. 29:675, 1932. 30. James, H. E. O., and Thouless, R. H.: A Note on the Effect of Polarization in Psycho-Galvanic Experiments , Brit. J. Psychol. (Gen. Sect.) 17:49, 1926. 31. Richter, C. P.: Physiological Factors Involved in the Electrical Resistance of the Skin , Am. J. Physiol. 88:596, 1929. 32. Farmer, E., and Chambers, E. G.: Concerning the Use of the Psychogalvanic Reflex in Psychological Experiments , Brit. J. Psychol. (Gen. Sect.) 15:237, 1924. 33. Printzmetal, M., and Bloomberg, W.: The Use of Benzedrine for the Treatment of Narcolepsy , J. A. M. A. 105:2051 ( (Dec. 21) ) 1935. 34. Ergotamine tartrate is prepared under the commercial name gynergen by the Sandoz Chemical Works, Inc.

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