Basilar migraine with alexia but not agraphia: arterial spasm on arteriography and the effect of naloxone
Laurent, B.; Michel, D.; Antoine, J.C.; Montagnon, D.
Revue Neurologique (Paris) 140(11): 663-665
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3787 PMID: 6505494 Document Number: 230324
A basilar migraine with alexia without agraphia and episodes of dysmnesia was treated with naloxone. The triggering of an attack by angiography, allowed to see an arterial spasm. The beneficial effect of naloxone is discussed, together with the respective roles of spasm and neuronal metabolic changes in the mechanisms of symptoms and signs.