Cognitive functioning in adolescents with migraine

Cognitive functioning in adolescents with migraine

Although migraine is highly prevalent in children and teenagers, it often goes undetected in these patients, resulting in underdiagnosis and inadequate treatment. Several studies have investigated cognitive changes in adults with migraine. However, there are few studies focusing on children and adolescents. Objective To investigate cognitive performance of adolescents with migraine. Methods...

Functioning of Women with Migraine Headaches

BACKGROUND Migraines are one of the most commonly occurring ailments affecting the nervous system. The aim of this research paper was to evaluate the effect migraines have on the everyday functioning of women. METHOD The study involved women with diagnosed migraine headaches (IHS-2004) undergoing treatment at a neurological clinic. In order to evaluate the influence of headaches on the everyd...

Analysis of PCB congeners related to cognitive functioning in adolescents.

To investigate the characteristics of PCBs that are linked to cognitive functioning, those congeners that were concurrently found in 271 Mohawk adolescents were grouped according to structure (dioxin-like or non-dioxin-like) and persistence (persistent or low-persistent). After the effects of the congener groups were orthogonalized, regression analyses (controlling for a number of variables fou...

Cognitive Functioning of Akwesasne Mohawk Adolescents Exposed to PCBs

Psychosocial Functioning in Adolescents with Temporomandibular Disorders

OF DISSERTATION PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTIONING IN ADOLESCENTS WITH TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS Psychosocial functioning is a key component of screening and treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) in adults; however, psychosocial functioning in adolescents with TMD has received little empirical attention. The present study aims to examine group difference between adolescents and adults with TMD...