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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Chronic migraine"”.
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Comparing the efficacy of botulinum toxin and CGRP antagonists for chronic migraine prophylaxis
Chronic migraines are a neurological disorder, which can be debilitating to patients and result in increased healthcare costs and disability-affected life years. Botox and CGRP antagonists are two drugs used as prophylactic treatments for chronic migraine patients who have failed other medications …
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Evaluation of Anti-Migraine Drugs in an in Vivo Rat Model of Chronic Migraine
… 2% of the US population is affected by chronic migraine (CM). CM is a recurring, neurological disorder characterized by painful headache, along with autonomic, gastrointestinal, and other somatic symptoms. Prolonged sensitization of the trigeminal system, which is implicated in CM, is …
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Investigation of Nocifensive and Cellular Effects of Dihydroergotamine in a Model of Chronic Migraine
… face and their activation has been implicated in migraine pathology. The most commonly prescribed medications for migraine treatment are the triptan class of drugs. However, triptans are not an effective therapy for all migraine patients and some develop triptan resistance. Ergot-derivatives, …
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Exploring the use of manual therapy as an adjunctive therapy to 'care as usual' on outcomes in chronic migraine.
Although chronic migraine (CM) has an estimated of worldwide annual prevalence of between1.4% and 2.2%, with the greatest impact on females, the understanding of its pathophysiology is still largely unknown. This has led to a lack of effective treatments and at the time of this study …
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Transcriptiome analysis of a migraine model
Migraine is a serious episodic headaches affecting more than 15% of the human population with a detrimental influence on the patients’ life and socioeconomic functioning. Although many pathophysiological and molecular mechanisms of migraine have been suggested, little is known about the molecular …
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Examining the sleep hygiene behaviors of migraineurs in a university setting
Migraine is a commonly-occurring primary headache disorder that is often comorbid with many conditions, including depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders. Previous research has shown that sleep problems are comamong migraineurs, with insomnia being the most prevalent. Insomnia in migraineurs has …
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The Role Of Fear Of Pain In Headache
… tension-type headache, 232 (25.6%) for episodic migraine (167 [18.4%] without aura and 65 [7.2%] with aura), 38 (4.2%) for chronic migraine, and 19 (2.1%) for chronic tension-type headache; 382 (42.1%) served as non-headache controls. Fear of pain differed among groups, with headache sufferers …
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Psychological Flexibility In Migraine Patients: The Role Of Acceptance And Values-Based Action
… of healthy years of life lost to disability; migraine alone accounts for 1.40% of that percentage. In addition to the functional impairment the attacks cause, migraine frequently co-occurs with other psychiatric disorders and is associated with other psychological factors. Related …
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Comparing Anthropometric Methods To Quantify Relations Between Adiposity And Headache
Obesity is associated with increased risk for chronic migraine and migraine progression, but associations with episodic migraine (em) and episodic tension-type headache (tth) are unclear. Most studies have relied on bmi as an indicator of adiposity. More accurate anthropometric measures that …
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Moderation And Mediation Of Headache-Related Disability: The Roles Of Self-Efficacy And Headache Diagnosis
Primary headache disorders such as migraine and tension-type headache are some of the most frequently-diagnosed health disorders in the world and can be extremely disabling. However, disability resulting from these disorders varies substantially across individuals. Although headache severity has …
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Relations Between Alcohol Use And Migraine Among Young Adults
Migraine is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders diagnosed throughout the world and can be extremely disabling, with many economic, social, physical and psychological health costs. Many environmental and physiological factors have been shown to precipitate migraine, including stress, …
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SEX DIFFERENCES IN GENE EXPRESSION AND PAIN-RELATED BEHAVIORS IN A PRECLINICAL MODEL OF MIGRAINE
Many laboratory animal studies of migraine have employed electrophysiological techniques to assess neuronal sensitization, but few have examined behaviors using International Headache Society criteria, which are based on behavioral changes including duration and intensity of pain and avoidance of …