Migraine

Using transcranial sonography, researchers uncovered a potential imaging biomarker for depression among migraineurs.

In a review, researchers examined potential mechanisms contributing to the hereditary nature of migraine.

Results of a longitudinal cohort study conducted in France suggest post-menopausal women who have a history of migraine may be at an increased risk of developing hypertension.

Study results highlight the economic toll of migraine on employers in Japan.

Research presented at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting indicates some air pollutants may be associated with increased rates of migraine prevalence and severity.

Data from a single health system show women who present to the emergency department for headache tend to do so during the preovulatory interval of their menstrual cycle.

Results of a questionnaire-based study show higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with worse migraine symptoms and comorbidities.

Results from a questionnaire-based study indicated an association between a history of abuse and increased sensory hypersensitivity symptoms among migraineurs.

A review published in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment highlights the lack of research on migraine prevalence and symptoms among postmenopausal women.

Results of a retrospective cohort study show that utilization of erenumab was associated with a decreased use of acute and preventive prescription migraine medications. Although adherence to erenumab was higher than other traditional oral prophylactic migraine therapies, adherence rates can be improved.

Researchers used deidentified real-world data to assess characteristics of patients who have received erenumab since its approval.

A cross-sectional study explores the relationship between magnesium, calcium dietary intake, and migraine among men and women.

Randomized clinical trial results published in Cephalalgia show that trans-nasal high-flow dry gas therapy may play a role in reducing migraine-associated pain.

Compared with healthy controls, patients with episodic migraine and patients with chronic migraine exhibited differing structural brain network characteristics, potentially indicating maladaptive reorganizations of headache-related brain circuits which could lead to migraine attacks or secondary alterations to pain.

Results of a scoping review of 19 studies indicate estrogen likely plays a key role in migraine pathogenesis but affects patients in different ways depending on past medical history, age, and use of hormonal therapy.

In a review published in Eye and Brain, researchers outlined the link between dry eye and migraine, their possible shared pathophysiology, and therapies targeting similar pathophysiological mechanisms.

More treatment methods focused on reducing functionality loss and adopting multidisciplinary and prospective approaches via psychiatric screening should be developed for adolescents with chronic migraine (CM), researchers writing in BMC Neurology concluded.

Posttraumatic headache (PTH) with a migraine phenotype is associated with persistent symptoms following concussion, compared with nonmigraine PTH or no PTH, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Findings suggest that including slowly repeated evoked pain (SREP) in quantitative sensory testing protocols may enhance assessments of altered pain modulation in different pain conditions.

Based on the findings, researchers suggest it may be beneficial to advise patients with chronic migraine and medication overuse headache (MOH) to reduce cannabis use to effectively treat MOH.

Although the exact underlying pathogenesis of migraine remains unknown, lifestyle modifications with regard to stress, sleep, exercise, and dietary considerations have been reported as beneficial for moderate clinical features.

More than two-thirds of individuals suffering from migraine do not get enough exercise, according to preliminary study findings. However, migraineurs who complete a minimum 2.5 hours of moderate to vigorous exercise a week exhibited reduced rates of migraine triggers including stress, depression, and sleep problems.

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) may be associated with migraine, especially migraine with aura (MA), when the PFO is permanent right-left shunt (RLS), large RLS, and large-size PFO, a recent study found.

An anxiety screening tool should be included during initial assessments of migraineurs by medical practitioners, according to the authors of a systematic review published in Frontiers in Neurology.

In a review published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, researchers outlined potential mechanisms accounting for comorbid bipolar disorder and migraine and examined therapeutic targets for treatment to improve prognosis in these patients.