Migraine and Headache Pathophysiology
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Pathophysiology of migraine headache.
The underlying mechanism of migraine and pain has been unraveled recently with the advent of neuroimaging. In this article mechanism of migraine aura and the pain of migraine are discussed. In addition, interictal studies demonstrating hyperexcitability in migraine are reviewed.
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CLINICAL HISTORY A 40-year-old man was seen for evaluation of spells. In 1985, he sustained a gunshot wound to the head and underwent 2 craniotomies. Since then, he has had spells occurring about once every 1 to 2 months. He sees a bubble in the left visual field for about 2 to 3 minutes. His wife stated that he then stares and has semipurposeful movements with his hands for about 2 minutes and...
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Migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) are highly prevalent primary headaches that remain underdiagnosed and undertreated in clinical practice. The similarities and differences between migraine and TTH may impose diagnostic challenges as well as management difficulties. In addition, the possibility of migraine chronification or transformation in daily or near-daily headache raises the potenti...
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article describes current knowledge regarding headache, especially migraine, and includes information on genetics, anatomy, pathophysiology, and pharmacology in order to demonstrate their relevance to clinical phenomenology. RECENT FINDINGS Animal models show that drugs effective in migraine prevention may work by raising the threshold for initiating cortical spreading ...
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Migraine headache and temporomandibular disorders show significant overlap in the area or distribution of pain, the gender prevalence and age distribution. Temporomandibular disorders may cause headaches per se, worsen existent primary headaches, and add to the burden of headache disorders. The patients with combined migraine and tension-type headaches had a higher prevelance of temporomandibul...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.67.5.699c