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Novel strategies for the treatment of migraine attacks via the CGRP, serotonin, dopamine, PAC1, and NMDA receptors

, MD PhD (Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology) , , MD PhD (Resident in Clinical Neurology) & , MD PhD DSc (Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of Neurology)

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