Did Going North Give Us Migraine? An Evolutionary Approach on Understanding Latitudinal Differences in Migraine Epidemiology [PDF]
, 2019 This commentary discusses a recent publication by evolutionary biologists with strong implications for migraine experts. The Authors showed that a gene polymorphism associated with migraine gave our ancestors an evolutionary advantage when colonizing ...
Di Piero, V. +3 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2017 Background Although migraine is one of the most investigated neurologic disorders, we do not have a perfect neuroimaging biomarker for its pathophysiology.
Andrea Edit Edes +6 more
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Features of aura in paediatric migraine diagnosed using the ICHD 3 beta criteria [PDF]
, 2017 Background In children and adolescents, the prevalence rate of migraine with aura is 1.6%. Few studies concerning migraine with aura features in paediatric population have been reported.
Balestri, Martina +7 more
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Migraine and cluster headache show impaired neurosteroids patterns [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Perturbation of neuronal excitability contributes to migraine. Neurosteroids modulate the activity of γ-aminobutyric acid A and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors, and might be involved in the pathogenesis of migraine.
Capi, M. +13 more
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Associations between stress and migraine and tension-type headache: Results from a school-based study in adolescents from grammar schools in Germany [PDF]
, 2011 Introduction: Stress is considered the major contributor to migraine and tension-type headache in adolescents. Previous studies have focused on general stressors, whereas the aim of the present study was to investigate associations between individuals ...
Blaschek, Astrid +7 more
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Sex Differences of Periaqueductal Grey Matter Functional Connectivity in Migraine
Frontiers in Pain Research, 2021 The existence of “sex phenotype” in migraine is a long-standing scientific question. Fluctuations of female sex hormones contribute to migraine attacks, and women also have enhanced brain activity during emotional processing and their functional brain ...
Kinga Gecse +22 more
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PACAP and migraine headache: immunomodulation of neural circuits in autonomic ganglia and brain parenchyma. [PDF]
, 2018 The discovery that intravenous (IV) infusions of the neuropeptide PACAP-38 (pituitary adenylyl cyclase activating peptide-38) induced delayed migraine-like headaches in a large majority of migraine patients has resulted in considerable excitement in ...
Akerman, Simon +2 more
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Triptans and CGRP blockade - impact on the cranial vasculature [PDF]
, 2017 The trigeminovascular system plays a key role in the pathophysiology of migraine. The activation of the trigeminovascular system causes release of various neurotransmitters and neuropeptides, including serotonin and calcitonin gene-related peptide ...
Alejandro Labastida-Ramírez +9 more
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Is Helicobacter Pylori Associated with a Migraine? [PDF]
, 2017 Objective: To determine whether Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is associated with migraine headache. Design: Case-control study. Settings: Local tertiary Hospitals in Cairo, Egypt and in HaferAlbaten, Saudi Arabia.
Ali Radwa A +2 more
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eNeurologicalSci, 2022 Migraine is prevalent, disabling, and peaks during people's peak productive years. The impact of migraine on people's professional lives, work productivity, and interpersonal relationships at work eventually affects everyone, has a significant ...
Olivia Begasse de Dhaem, Fumihiko Sakai
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