title: Reply to the topical review entitled "the phenomenon of changes in cortical excitability in migraine is not migraine-specific--a unifying thesis" by Anne Stankewitz and Arne May published in Pain 2009;145:14-7.
authors.affiliation: G.B. Bietti Eye Foundation-IRCCS, Department of Neurophysiology of Vision and Neurophthalmology, Rome, Italy "Sapienza" University of Rome, Polo Pontino - I.C.O.T., & IRCCS-Neuromed, Pozzilli (IS), Italy Headache Research Unit, University Department of Neurology & GIGA-Neurosciences, Liège University, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coppola
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pierelli
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schoenen
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000592:standards