abstract background: dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system has long been a subject of considerable debate and a large number of studies have disclosed contradictory results. the aim of this study was to compare cerebral vasomotor reactivity in migraine with aura (mwa) patients with migraine without aura (mwo) ones. methods: ten mwa patients (7 females and 3 males mean age: 39.70 years, sd...

conclusions headaches, particularly migraine without aura, are a common occurrence in pregnancy in our population. migraine severity is positively associated with high blood glucose levels. results the headache prevalence during pregnancy was 69% in the women with diabetes and 64% in the women without diabetes. a positive unilateral distribution was observed in 51% of the cases and 36.3% of the...

INTRODUCTION Persistent migraine aura without headache is an extremely rare condition. The International Headache Society defines various subtypes of migraines, including "persistent migraine aura without infarction" and "typical aura without headache." CASE PRESENTATION We describe the case of a 21-year-old Asian woman with a history of migraine without aura who had (as her first aura episod...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether acute migraine treatment outcome is different in migraine with aura compared with migraine without aura. METHODS We examined pooled outcome data for sumatriptan treatment of migraine with and without aura from the sumatriptan/naratriptan aggregate patient database. We also examined similar outcome data for inhaled dihydroergotamine (DHE) from a single, large ran...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Five single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs4379368, rs10504861, rs10915437, rs12134493 and rs13208321) were recently identified in a Western population with migraine. These migraine-associated SNPs have not been evaluated in a Han Chinese population. This study investigated the associations of specific SNPs with migraine in a Han population. METHODS This was a case-...

OBJECTIVE To provide insight into the wide spectrum of migraine during childhood to establish practical and comprehensive treatment strategies. BACKGROUND Although recent studies have confirmed the effect of anti-migraine agents in childhood headaches fulfilling the criteria of migraine without aura, there have been no studies regarding the efficacy of these drugs in childhood migraine withou...

BACKGROUND Right to left shunting, usually caused by a patent foramen ovale (PFO), is associated with migraine and visual aura. It is unknown if patients who present with visual aura without headache behave similarly to those experiencing typical migraine headache with aura. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of right to left shunting in patients who present with migraine au...

OBJECTIVE To describe the course of migraine without aura and migraine with aura during pregnancy and factors that could influence its course, among migraine sufferers before pregnancy. METHOD A cross sectional study undertaken at the IMIP, Brazil. Out of 686 consecutively assisted women, at the first postnatal week, 266 were identified as migraine sufferers before pregnancy. RESULTS There ...

Persistent aura without infarction, a rare migraine disorder, is defined by aura symptoms that persist for >1 week without radiological evidence of cerebral infarction. To unveil its pathophysiological mechanisms, this study used magnetoencephalography to characterize the visual cortex excitability in persistent aura by comparison with episodic and chronic migraine. We recruited six patients wi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Silent ischemic brain lesions frequently occur in migraine with aura and are most often located in cerebellar border zones. This may imply an impairment of cerebellar blood flow autoregulation. This study investigated the characteristics of interictal cerebellar autoregulation in migraine with and without aura. METHODS Thirty-four patients (n=17, migraine without aura; ...