A link between migraine and prolactin: the way forward.
Migraine is an incapacitating neurological disorder that predominantly affects women. Sex and other hormones (e.g., oxytocin, and prolactin) may play a role in sexual dimorphic features of m...
Migraine/Headache
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Coffea arabica extracts and their chemical constituents in a murine model of gouty arthritis: How they modulate pain and inflammation.
Coffea arabica is commonly known for its cardiotonic and neurotonic activities, but in some places' folk medicine, like in Arabia and Africa, C. arabica is used to treat headache, migraine, ...
[Vestibular Disorders in the Pediatric Age: Retrospective Analysis and Review of the Literature].
Vestibular disorders in pediatric patients is still a controversial subject but has gained relevance over the years. In recent studies, its prevalence varied between 0.7% and 15%. Neverthele...
Mid- and Late-Life Migraine Is Associated with an Increased Risk of All-Cause Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, but Not Vascular Dementia: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study.
We used a nationwide cohort sample of data from 2002 to 2013, representing approximately 1 million patients to investigate the prospective association between migraine and dementia. The migr...
Genetic overlap and causality between blood metabolites and migraine.
The availability of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) for human blood metabolome provides an excellent opportunity for studying metabolism in a heritable disease such as migraine. Util...
Polygenic risk provides biological validity for the ICHD-3 criteria among Finnish migraine families.
Migraine is diagnosed using the extensively field-tested International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3) consensus criteria derived by the International Headache Society. To eval...
Intracranial pressure directly predicts headache morbidity in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Headache is the predominant disabler in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). The aim was to characterise headache and investigate the association with intracranial pressure.IIH:WT was...
Dental anxiety among migraine patients.
In this study, we aimed to find a correlation between anxiety related to dental procedures and migraines. A cross-sectional study was performed on 171 patients who attended specific dental c...
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, dehydroepiandrosterone, 5α-dihydroprogesterone and pregnenolone in women with migraine: Analysis of serum levels and correlation with age, migraine years and frequency.
Migraine is a very painful, disabling and extremely common disorder among the world's adult population, especially women, and it is associated with a variety of comorbidities. Neuroactive st...
The selective 5-HT receptor agonist lasmiditan inhibits trigeminal nociceptive processing: implications for migraine and cluster headache.
Lasmiditan is a novel selective 5-HT receptor agonist, recently approved for the acute treatment of migraine. 5-HT receptors are widely expressed in the CNS and trigeminovascular system. Her...
The presence of migraine symptoms was associated with a higher likelihood to present eating disorders symptoms among teenage students.
To investigate the association between migraine and signs and symptoms of eating disorders among teenagers. And as secondary objectives: to investigate the prevalence of eating disorders sig...
Nightmares in Migraine: A Focused Review.
Nightmares usually occur during the sleep phase of rapid eye movement (REM) and are associated with some physical symptoms, including sweating, shortness of breath, and lower limb movements....
Migraine chronification is associated with beta-band connectivity within the pain-related cortical regions: a magnetoencephalographic study.
Pain disorders are associated with aberrant oscillations in the pain-related cortical regions; however, few studies have investigated the relationship between the functional cortical network...
Headache: pregnancy and breastfeeding. Recommendations of the Spanish Society of Neurology's Headache Study Group.
Headache is one of the most common neurological complaints, and is most frequent during reproductive age. As a result, we are routinely faced with pregnant or breastfeeding women with this s...
Examining the Link Between Migraine With Aura and Stroke
“Neurologists in clinical practice often observe young patients with migraine with aura (MwA) without vascular risk factors who experience stroke,” says Claudia Altamura, MD, PhD. “And...
Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease presented with recurrent vestibular migraine-like attack: a case presentation.
Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by dementia, tremor, episodic encephalopathy and autonomic nervous dysfunction. To date, vestibul...
Differentiating migraine, cervicogenic headache and asymptomatic individuals based on physical examination findings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Migraine and cervicogenic headache (CGH) are common headache disorders, although the large overlap of symptoms between them makes differential diagnosis challenging. To strengthen differenti...
Energy and reactivity profile and proton affinity analysis of rimegepant with special reference to its potential activity against SARS-CoV-2 virus proteins using molecular dynamics.
Rimegepant is a new medicine developed for the management of chronic headache due to migraine. This manuscript is an attempt to study the various structural, physical, and chemical propertie...
Treatment with the monoclonal CGRP-R antibody erenumab: A real life study.
New prophylactics for migraine targeting CGRP have emerged. Real world data are important to obtain comprehensive understanding of response. We assessed consistency of response to erenumab, ...
Migraine attacks as a result of hypothalamic loss of control.
Migraine is a complex neurological disorder affecting approximately 12% of the population. The pathophysiology is not yet fully understood, however the clinical features of the disease, such...
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