| Habituation of the nociceptive blink reflex in episodic and chronic cluster headache. | |
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PMID: 22807570 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Background: Analysis of habituation patterns in patients with primary headache disorders allows the detection of changes to the excitability level of the trigeminal nociceptive system. Previous studies demonstrated a habituation deficit to painful stimuli in migraine and it was suggested that similar observations could be made in cluster headache (CH).Methods: Habituation of the "nociceptive" blink reflex (nBR) (R2 response) was studied in 66 CH patients (18 episodic CH inside bout, 28 episodic CH outside bout, 20 chronic CH) as well as in 30 healthy controls in a case-control study design.Results: Habituation behaviour was similar in CH and healthy controls as well as in CH subtypes. No side-to-side differences of habituation between headache side and non-headache side were detected.Conclusion: Our results did not detect an altered habituation in CH patients. Despite clinical similarities, migraine and CH seem not to share the same pathophysiological mechanisms in this regard. |
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Dagny Holle; Silke Zillessen; Charly Gaul; Steffen Naegel; Holger Kaube; Hans-Christoph Diener; Zaza Katsarava; Mark Obermann |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-7-17 |
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Title: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache Volume: - ISSN: 1468-2982 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
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Created Date: 2012-7-18 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8200710 Medline TA: Cephalalgia Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Neurology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. |
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