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ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY
Volume 69, Issue 2, Pages 413-418Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22281
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- American Heart Association [10SDG2610275]
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [NS061505, NS35611, NS054122]
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Migraine with aura is often the first manifestation of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy syndrome (CADASIL), a disorder caused by NOTCH3 gene mutations expressed predominantly in vascular smooth muscle. Here, we report that cortical spreading depression (CSD), the electrophysiological substrate of migraine aura, is enhanced in mice expressing a vascular Notch 3 CADASIL mutation (R90C) or a Notch 3 knockout mutation. The phenotype was stronger in Notch 3 knockout mice, implicating both loss of function and neomorphic mutations in its pathogenesis. Our results link vascular smooth muscle Notch 3 mutations to enhanced spreading depression susceptibility, implicating the neurovascular unit in the development of migraine aura. ANN NEUROL 2011;69:413-418
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