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Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndromes (RCVS)

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Serotonin – central role in <strong>RCVS</strong>?<br />

Sumatriptan: 5-HT 1B,D receptors<br />

Cocaine, amphetamines: sympathomimetic + serotonergic actions<br />

Diet pills: stroke, “carcinoid” heart & lung lesions (NEJM 1997)<br />

Subarachnoid hemorrhage: ? neuronal serotonin uptake/release<br />

Migraine related stroke: ?serotonergic mechanisms<br />

Head injury: ? release of serotonin from brain, platelets<br />

Porphyria: liver tryptophan pyrrolase is haem-dependant; haem<br />

deficiency in porphyria elevates 5-HT levels (Nature 1983)<br />

Serotonin Syndrome: assoc. with migrainous stroke (Headache 1997)

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