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Functional anatomy of headache.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16688610     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Functional neuroimaging in headache patients has revolutionised our understanding of these syndromes and provided unique insights into some of the commonest maladies in man, suggesting that at least migraine and cluster headache are primarily driven from the brain. Repeated and independent findings reinforce the crucial role for the brain stem in acute and probably also in chronic migraine, and the hypothalamic grey in several trigemino- autonomic headaches. If further studies confirm these findings, a better understanding will be gained of where and how acute and preventative therapy can be targeted. Given the rapid advances in functional neuroimaging, in particular newer techniques, such as voxel-based morphometry and magnetic resonance spectrometry, functional imaging continues to play a significant role and opens new avenues in targeting the neural substrates in individual primary headache syndromes.
Authors:
A May
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology     Volume:  27 Suppl 2     ISSN:  1590-1874     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurol. Sci.     Publication Date:  2006 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-05-11     Completed Date:  2006-07-26     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100959175     Medline TA:  Neurol Sci     Country:  Italy    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  S103-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Systems Neuroscience, University of Hamburg, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246, Hamburg, Germany. a.may@uke.uni-hamburg.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Brain / pathology*
Diagnostic Imaging / classification,  methods*
Headache / classification,  pathology*
Humans

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