Interictal alterations of the trigeminal somatosensory pathway and periaqueductal gray matter in migraine
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Interictal alterations of the trigeminal somatosensory pathway and periaqueductal gray matter in migraine.
Migraine has been traditionally considered a nonprogressive, paroxysmal disorder with no brain abnormalities between attacks. We used diffusion tensor imaging to examine interictal diffusion properties of the brains of migraineurs with aura, migraineurs without aura and matched healthy controls. Areas of lower fractional anisotropy were present in migraineurs along the thalamocortical tract. In...
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عنوان ژورنال: NeuroReport
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0959-4965
DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0b013e32801776bb