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Pieniak M, Höfer B, Knipping J, Faria V, Richter M, Schriever VA, Haehner A, Gossrau G. Children and adolescents with primary headaches exhibit altered sensory profiles - a multi-modal investigation. J Headache Pain 2024; 25:111. [PMID: 38982389 PMCID: PMC11234718 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-024-01819-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Pediatric headache is an increasing medical problem that has adverse effects on children's quality of life, academic performance, and social functioning. Children with primary headaches exhibit enhanced sensory sensitivity compared to their healthy peers. However, comprehensive investigations including multimodal sensory sensitivity assessment are lacking. This study aimed to compare sensory sensitivity of children with primary headaches with their healthy peers across multiple sensory domains. METHODS The study included 172 participants aged 6 to 17 years (M = 13.09, SD = 3.02 years; 120 girls). Of these 80 participants were patients with migraine, 23 were patients with tension-type headache, and 69 were healthy controls. The following sensory measures were obtained: Mechanical Detection Threshold (MDT), Mechanical Pain Threshold (MPT), Mechanical Pain Sensitivity (MPS), detection and pain threshold for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), olfactory and intranasal trigeminal detection threshold, and odor identification ability. Sensory sensitivity was compared between groups with a series of Kruskal-Wallis tests. Binomial regression models were used to compare the relative utility of sensory sensitivity measures in classifying participants into patients and healthy controls, as well as into patients with migraine and tension-type headache. RESULTS Patients with migraine had lower MPT measured at the forearm than patients with tension-type headaches and healthy controls. MPS was higher in patients with migraine than in healthy controls. All patients with headaches had lower detection threshold of TENS and higher olfactory sensitivity. Healthy controls showed increased intranasal trigeminal sensitivity. Scores in MPS, TENS, and olfactory and trigeminal thresholds were significantly predicting presence of primary headaches. Additionally, scores in MPT, olfactory and trigeminal threshold were positive predictors of type of headache. CONCLUSIONS Children with primary headaches exhibit different sensory profiles than healthy controls. The obtained results suggest presence of increased overall, multimodal sensitivity in children with primary headaches, what may negatively impact daily functioning and contribute to further pain chronification. TRIAL REGISTRATION The study was registered in the German Registry of Clinical Trials (DRKS) DRKS00021062.
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- Michal Pieniak
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Smell & Taste Clinic, University Hospital, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Interdisciplinary Pain Center, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, University Hospital, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, University Hospital, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Pain Center, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, University Hospital, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, University Hospital, Dresden, TU, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, University Hospital, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Neurology, Neurometabolics and Prevention, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Smell & Taste Clinic, University Hospital, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Pain Center, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, University Hospital, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
- Interdisciplinary Pain Center, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, University Hospital, TU Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
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Coppola G, Ambrosini A. What has neurophysiology revealed about migraine and chronic migraine? HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2023; 198:117-133. [PMID: 38043957 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-823356-6.00003-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Since the first electroencephalographic recordings obtained by Golla and Winter in 1959, researchers have used a variety of neurophysiological techniques to determine the mechanisms underlying recurrent migraine attacks. Neurophysiological methods have shown that the brain during the interictal phase of an episodic migraine is characterized by a general hyperresponsiveness to sensory stimuli, a malfunction of the monoaminergic brainstem circuits, and by functional alterations of the thalamus and thalamocortical loop. All of these alterations vary plastically during the phases of the migraine cycle and interictally with the days following the attack. Both episodic migraineurs recorded during an attack and chronic migraineurs are characterized by a general increase in the cortical amplitude response to peripheral sensory stimuli; this is an electrophysiological hallmark of a central sensitization process that is further reinforced through medication overuse. Considering the large-scale functional involvement and the main roles played by the brainstem-thalamo-cortical network in selection, elaboration, and learning of relevant sensory information, future research should move from searching for one specific primary site of dysfunction at the macroscopic level, to the chronic, probably genetically determined, molecular dysfunctions at the synaptic level, responsible for short- and long-term learning mechanisms.
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- Gianluca Coppola
- Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino - I.C.O.T., Latina, Italy
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Goldsworthy MR, Hordacre B, Rothwell JC, Ridding MC. Effects of rTMS on the brain: is there value in variability? Cortex 2021; 139:43-59. [PMID: 33827037 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The ability of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to non-invasively induce neuroplasticity in the human cortex has opened exciting possibilities for its application in both basic and clinical research. Changes in the amplitude of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) elicited by single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation has so far provided a convenient model for exploring the neurophysiology of rTMS effects on the brain, influencing the ways in which these stimulation protocols have been applied therapeutically. However, a growing number of studies have reported large inter-individual variability in the mean MEP response to rTMS, raising legitimate questions about the usefulness of this model for guiding therapy. Although the increasing application of different neuroimaging approaches has made it possible to probe rTMS-induced neuroplasticity outside the motor cortex to measure changes in neural activity that impact other aspects of human behaviour, the high variability of rTMS effects on these measurements remains an important issue for the field to address. In this review, we seek to move away from the conventional facilitation/inhibition dichotomy that permeates much of the rTMS literature, presenting a non-standard approach for measuring rTMS-induced neuroplasticity. We consider the evidence that rTMS is able to modulate an individual's moment-to-moment variability of neural activity, and whether this could have implications for guiding the therapeutic application of rTMS.
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- Mitchell R Goldsworthy
- Lifespan Human Neurophysiology Group, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Hopwood Centre for Neurobiology, Lifelong Health Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, Australia; Discipline of Psychiatry, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
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- Innovation, IMPlementation and Clinical Translation (IIMPACT) in Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
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- Innovation, IMPlementation and Clinical Translation (IIMPACT) in Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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Coppola G, Di Lenola D, Abagnale C, Ferrandes F, Sebastianelli G, Casillo F, Di Lorenzo C, Serrao M, Evangelista M, Schoenen J, Pierelli F. Short-latency afferent inhibition and somato-sensory evoked potentials during the migraine cycle: surrogate markers of a cycling cholinergic thalamo-cortical drive? J Headache Pain 2020; 21:34. [PMID: 32299338 PMCID: PMC7164277 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-020-01104-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Short-latency afferent inhibition (SAI) consists of motor cortex inhibition induced by sensory afferents and depends on the excitatory effect of cholinergic thalamocortical projections on inhibitory GABAergic cortical networks. Given the electrophysiological evidence for thalamo-cortical dysrhythmia in migraine, we studied SAI in migraineurs during and between attacks and searched for correlations with somatosensory habituation, thalamocortical activation, and clinical features. Methods SAI was obtained by conditioning the transcranial magnetic stimulation-induced motor evoked potential (MEP) with an electric stimulus on the median nerve at the wrist with random stimulus intervals corresponding to the latency of individual somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) N20 plus 2, 4, 6, or 8 ms. We recruited 30 migraine without aura patients, 16 between (MO), 14 during an attack (MI), and 16 healthy volunteers (HV). We calculated the slope of the linear regression between the unconditioned MEP amplitude and the 4-conditioned MEPs as a measure of SAI. We also measured SSEP amplitude habituation, and high-frequency oscillations (HFO) as an index of thalamo-cortical activation. Results Compared to HV, SAI, SSEP habituation and early SSEP HFOs were significantly reduced in MO patients between attacks, but enhanced during an attack. There was a positive correlation between degree of SAI and amplitude of early HFOs in HV, but not in MO or MI. Conclusions The migraine cycle-dependent variations of SAI and SSEP HFOs are further evidence that facilitatory thalamocortical activation (of GABAergic networks in the motor cortex for SAI), likely to be cholinergic, is reduced in migraine between attacks, but increased ictally.
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- Gianluca Coppola
- Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100, Latina, Italy.
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- Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100, Latina, Italy
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- Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100, Latina, Italy
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- Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100, Latina, Italy
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- Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100, Latina, Italy
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- Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100, Latina, Italy
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- Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100, Latina, Italy
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- Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100, Latina, Italy
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- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore/CIC, Istituto di Anestesiologia, Rianimazione e Terapia del Dolore, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy
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- Headache Research Unit, University Department of Neurology CHR, Citadelle Hospital. University of Liège, Boulevard du Douzième de Ligne 1, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100, Latina, Italy.,IRCCS - Neuromed, via Atinense, 18, 86077, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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Shahaf G, Kuperman P, Bloch Y, Yariv S, Granovsky Y. Monitoring Migraine Cycle Dynamics with an Easy-to-Use Electrophysiological Marker-A Pilot Study. SENSORS 2018; 18:s18113918. [PMID: 30441751 PMCID: PMC6263618 DOI: 10.3390/s18113918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Migraine attacks can cause significant discomfort and reduced functioning for days at a time, including the pre-ictal and post-ictal periods. During the inter-ictsal period, however, migraineurs seem to function normally. It is puzzling, therefore, that event-related potentials of migraine patients often differ in the asymptomatic and inter-ictal period. Part of the electrophysiological dynamics demonstrated in the migraine cycle are attention related. In this pilot study we evaluated an easy-to-use new marker, the Brain Engagement Index (BEI), for attention monitoring during the migraine cycle. We sampled 12 migraine patients for 20 days within one calendar month. Each session consisted of subjects’ reports of stress level and migraine-related symptoms, and a 5 min EEG recording, with a 2-electrode EEG device, during an auditory oddball task. The first minute of the EEG sample was analyzed. Repetitive samples were also obtained from 10 healthy controls. The brain engagement index increased significantly during the pre-ictal (p ≈ 0.001) and the ictal (p ≈ 0.020) periods compared with the inter-ictal period. No difference was observed between the pre-ictal and ictal periods. Control subjects demonstrated intermediate Brain Engagement Index values, that is, higher than inter-ictal, yet lower than pre-ictal. Our preliminary results demonstrate the potential advantage of the use of a simple EEG system for improved prediction of migraine attacks. Further study is required to evaluate the efficacy of the Brain Engagement Index in monitoring the migraine cycle and the possible effects of interventions.
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- The Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel.
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- The Emotion-Cognition Research Center, Shalvata Mental Health Care Center, Hod-Hasharon 45100, Israel.
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Emek Medical Center, Afula 1834111, Israel.
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- The Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel.
- Department of Neurology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa 3655306, Israel.
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Comparison of somatosensory cortex excitability between migraine and “strict-criteria” tension-type headache: a magnetoencephalographic study. Pain 2018; 159:793-803. [DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Rocchi L, Erro R, Antelmi E, Berardelli A, Tinazzi M, Liguori R, Bhatia K, Rothwell J. High frequency somatosensory stimulation increases sensori-motor inhibition and leads to perceptual improvement in healthy subjects. Clin Neurophysiol 2017; 128:1015-1025. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Revised: 03/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Hsiao FJ, Wang SJ, Lin YY, Fuh JL, Ko YC, Wang PN, Chen WT. Somatosensory gating is altered and associated with migraine chronification: A magnetoencephalographic study. Cephalalgia 2017; 38:744-753. [DOI: 10.1177/0333102417712718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Background Brain excitability is changed in migraine but not fully characterized yet. This study explored if somatosensory gating is altered in migraine and linked to migraine chronification. Methods Paired electrical stimuli were delivered to the left index fingers of 21 patients with migraine without aura (MO), 22 patients with chronic migraine (CM), and 36 controls. The first and second responses to the paired stimuli were obtained from the contralateral primary (cSI), contralateral secondary (cSII) and ipsilateral secondary (iSII) somatosensory cortices to compute the gating ratios (second vs. first response strengths). Results The first and second cSI responses and gating ratios differed in all groups ( p < 0.05); the responses were typically smaller in the MO and CM groups. The cSI gating ratio increased as a continuum across controls (0.73 ± 0.04, p < 0.001), MO (0.83 ± 0.04) to CM (0.97 ± 0.06) and was higher in CM vs. controls ( p < 0.001). When MO and CM were combined, cSI gating ratio was associated with headache frequency (r = 0.418, p = 0.005). Paired responses and gating ratios of cSII and iSII did not differ among the groups. Conclusions Somatosensory gating is altered in migraine and associated with headache chronification. Further studies must clarify if this abnormal sensory modulation is a true gating deficit independent of low preexcitation level.
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- Fu-Jung Hsiao
- Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Massimiliano Valeriani
- Division of Neurology, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesú, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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Zanini S, Martucci L, Del Piero I, Restuccia D. Cortical hyper-excitability in healthy children: evidence from habituation and recovery cycle phenomena of somatosensory evoked potentials. Dev Med Child Neurol 2016; 58:855-60. [PMID: 26899290 DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.13072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM To compare neurophysiological parameters of central nervous system excitability in healthy children/adolescents with those of healthy adults. METHOD Two experimental protocols were used in 19 healthy children/adolescents (10 males and 9 females, mean age 9y 11mo [SD 2y 9mo], range 5-15y) and 19 healthy adults (8 males and 11 females, mean age 36y 6mo [SD 7y 9mo], range 27-51y). First, we administered repetitive trains of innocuous electrical stimulation of the median nerve and analysed habituation (progressive attenuation) of the cervical and cortical responses. Second, we administered several blocks of two closely timed electrical innocuous stimuli of the median nerve (with interstimulus intervals set at 5, 10, and 20ms in each block) and analysed the recovery index (the percentage of the response to the second stimulus with respect to that to the first). RESULTS Clear-cut neurophysiological signs of cortical hyper-excitability were found in children/adolescents but not in adults. In contrast with the adults, the children/adolescents did not attenuate cortical responses to repetitive stimulation, and presented with extremely shortened recovery cycle. At baseline, both groups presented with comparable cortical responses. INTERPRETATION Healthy children/adolescents present cortical hyper-excitability compared with healthy adults. These findings agree with previous findings that show an overall imbalance of excitatory and inhibitory neuronal and neurochemical mechanisms in favour of excitatory ones, in the healthy developing cerebral cortex.
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- Department of Neurosciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- A Stankewitz
- Department of Systems Neuroscience, University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Systems Neuroscience, University of Hamburg, Germany
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Shahaf G. Migraine as dysfunctional drive reduction: Insight from electrophysiology. Med Hypotheses 2016; 91:62-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2016.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Somatosensory Temporal Discrimination Threshold Involves Inhibitory Mechanisms in the Primary Somatosensory Area. J Neurosci 2016; 36:325-35. [PMID: 26758826 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2008-15.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Somatosensory temporal discrimination threshold (STDT) is defined as the shortest time interval necessary for a pair of tactile stimuli to be perceived as separate. Although STDT is altered in several neurological disorders, its neural bases are not entirely clear. We used continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) to condition the excitability of the primary somatosensory cortex in healthy humans to examine its possible contribution to STDT. Excitability was assessed using the recovery cycle of the N20 component of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) and the area of high-frequency oscillations (HFO). cTBS increased STDT and reduced inhibition in the N20 recovery cycle at an interstimulus interval of 5 ms. It also reduced the amplitude of late HFO. All three effects were correlated. There was no effect of cTBS over the secondary somatosensory cortex on STDT, although it reduced the N120 component of the SEP. STDT is assessed conventionally with a simple ascending method. To increase insight into the effect of cTBS, we measured temporal discrimination with a psychophysical method. cTBS reduced the slope of the discrimination curve, consistent with a reduction of the quality of sensory information caused by an increase in noise. We hypothesize that cTBS reduces the effectiveness of inhibitory interactions normally used to sharpen temporal processing of sensory inputs. This reduction in discriminability of sensory input is equivalent to adding neural noise to the signal. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Precise timing of sensory information is crucial for nearly every aspect of human perception and behavior. One way to assess the ability to analyze temporal information in the somatosensory domain is to measure the somatosensory temporal discrimination threshold (STDT), defined as the shortest time interval necessary for a pair of tactile stimuli to be perceived as separate. In this study, we found that STDT depends on inhibitory mechanisms within the primary somatosensory area (S1). This finding helps interpret the sensory processing deficits in neurological diseases, such as focal dystonia and Parkinson's disease, and possibly prompts future studies using neurostimulation techniques over S1 for therapeutic purposes in dystonic patients.
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Abanoz Y, Abanoz Y, Gündüz A, Savrun FK. Trigeminal somatosensorial evoked potentials suggest increased excitability during interictal period in patients with long disease duration in migraine. Neurosci Lett 2015; 612:62-65. [PMID: 26644335 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.11.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2015] [Revised: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Migraine pathogenesis is suggested to involve many structures in cerebral cortex, brainstem and trigeminovascular system. Electrophysiological studies revealed loss of habituation, decreased cortical preactivation, segmental hypersensitivity and reduction in control of inhibitory descending pathways. Given these information, we aimed to evaluate the excitability changes of the trigeminal pathway in the cortex and brainstem in migraine using trigeminal nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (TSEP). PATIENTS AND METHOD Fifty-one women with migraine without aura and 32 age-matched healthy women were included. TSEPs were recorded in migraine patients during interictal period and in healthy subjects. Sensory thresholds, stimulation intensities, latencies of N1, P1, N2 and P2 waves as well as N1/P1 and N2/P1 amplitudes were measured. RESULTS Comparisons of ipsilateral latencies with N1-P1 and N2-P1 amplitudes between migraine and control groups showed no difference. Sensory thresholds were also similar. Stimulation thresholds decreased as the attack frequency increased and ipsilateral N1/P1 amplitude increased with prolonged disease duration (p=0.043). CONCLUSION Our study did not show significant difference between migraine patients and healthy subjects during interictal period. However, migraine with long duration affects the excitability of the cortical and brainstem trigeminal pathways even during interictal periods.
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- Yesim Abanoz
- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey.
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Becerra L, Bishop J, Barmettler G, Xie Y, Navratilova E, Porreca F, Borsook D. Triptans disrupt brain networks and promote stress-induced CSD-like responses in cortical and subcortical areas. J Neurophysiol 2015; 115:208-17. [PMID: 26490291 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00632.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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A number of drugs, including triptans, promote migraine chronification in susceptible individuals. In rats, a period of triptan administration over 7 days can produce "latent sensitization" (14 days after discontinuation of drug) demonstrated as enhanced sensitivity to presumed migraine triggers such as environmental stress and lowered threshold for electrically induced cortical spreading depression (CSD). Here we have used fMRI to evaluate the early changes in brain networks at day 7 of sumatriptan administration that may induce latent sensitization as well as the potential response to stress. After continuous infusion of sumatriptan, rats were scanned to measure changes in resting state networks and the response to bright light environmental stress. Rats receiving sumatriptan, but not saline infusion, showed significant differences in default mode, autonomic, basal ganglia, salience, and sensorimotor networks. Bright light stress produced CSD-like responses in sumatriptan-treated but not control rats. Our data show the first brain-related changes in a rat model of medication overuse headache and suggest that this approach could be used to evaluate the multiple brain networks involved that may promote this condition.
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- L Becerra
- P.A.I.N. Group, Boston Children's Hospital, Waltham, Massachusetts; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and
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- P.A.I.N. Group, Boston Children's Hospital, Waltham, Massachusetts
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- P.A.I.N. Group, Boston Children's Hospital, Waltham, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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- P.A.I.N. Group, Boston Children's Hospital, Waltham, Massachusetts; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and
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Age-Related Reduced Somatosensory Gating Is Associated with Altered Alpha Frequency Desynchronization. Neural Plast 2015; 2015:302878. [PMID: 26417458 PMCID: PMC4568376 DOI: 10.1155/2015/302878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Revised: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sensory gating (SG), referring to an attenuated neural response to the second identical stimulus, is considered as preattentive processing in the central nervous system to filter redundant sensory inputs. Insufficient somatosensory SG has been found in the aged adults, particularly in the secondary somatosensory cortex (SII). However, it remains unclear which variables leading to the age-related somatosensory SG decline. There has been evidence showing a relationship between brain oscillations and cortical evoked excitability. Thus, this study used whole-head magnetoencephalography to record responses to paired-pulse electrical stimulation to the left median nerve in healthy young and elderly participants to test whether insufficient stimulus 1- (S1-) induced event-related desynchronization (ERD) contributes to a less-suppressed stimulus 2- (S2-) evoked response. Our analysis revealed that the minimum norm estimates showed age-related reduction of SG in the bilateral SII regions. Spectral power analysis showed that the elderly demonstrated significantly reduced alpha ERD in the contralateral SII (SIIc). Moreover, it was striking to note that lower S1-induced alpha ERD was associated with higher S2-evoked amplitudes in the SIIc among the aged adults. Conclusively, our findings suggest that age-related decline of somatosensory SG is partially attributed to the altered S1-induced oscillatory activity.
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de Tommaso M, Sciruicchio V, Ricci K, Montemurno A, Gentile F, Vecchio E, Barbaro MGF, Simeoni M, Goffredo M, Livrea P. Laser-evoked potential habituation and central sensitization symptoms in childhood migraine. Cephalalgia 2015; 36:463-73. [DOI: 10.1177/0333102415597527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Objectives Few studies have addressed central sensitization symptoms and pain processing in childhood migraine. Our aims were to examine pain sensitivity and responses, including habituation, evoked by CO2 laser stimuli (laser-evoked potentials (LEPs)) in a cohort of children with migraine compared to non-migraine controls and to determine the correlation between LEP features and signs of central sensitization. Methods Thirty-five patients 8–15 years of age with migraines without aura were evaluated during the inter-critical phase and were compared to 17 controls. LEPs were analyzed, and their main features were correlated with clinical symptoms including allodynia and pericranial tenderness. Results The laser-evoked pain threshold was lower and the N2P2 vertex complex amplitude was higher in children with migraines. Furthermore, habituation of vertex waves of LEPs clearly showed a tendency toward progressive amplitude enhancement in the migraine group. Acute allodynia and inter-critical pericranial tenderness correlated with trigeminal LEP features, particularly with the abnormal habituation pattern. Discussion Abnormalities of pain processing and symptoms of central sensitization appear to be characteristics of children with migraine. Reduced habituation and progressive amplification of cortical responses to laser stimuli indicate an overactive nociceptive system at the onset of migraine, and this hyperactivity may subtend allodynia and pericranial tenderness. Future prospective trials may aid in the early identification of clinical phenotypes that display a tendency to develop into the chronic form of migraine, warranting a timely therapeutic approach.
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- Marina de Tommaso
- Basic Medical, Neuroscience and Sensory System Department, Bari Aldo Moro University, Italy
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- Basic Medical, Neuroscience and Sensory System Department, Bari Aldo Moro University, Italy
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- Basic Medical, Neuroscience and Sensory System Department, Bari Aldo Moro University, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology Division, Bari Policlinico General Hospital, Italy
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- Basic Medical, Neuroscience and Sensory System Department, Bari Aldo Moro University, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology Division, Bari Policlinico General Hospital, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology Division, Bari Policlinico General Hospital, Italy
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- Basic Medical, Neuroscience and Sensory System Department, Bari Aldo Moro University, Italy
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Cosentino G, Fierro B, Brighina F. From different neurophysiological methods to conflicting pathophysiological views in migraine: A critical review of literature. Clin Neurophysiol 2014; 125:1721-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2014] [Revised: 04/17/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Vollono C, Rinalduzzi S, Miliucci R, Vigevano F, Valeriani M. Somatosensory system hyperexcitability in alternating hemiplegia of childhood. Eur J Neurol 2014; 21:1478-e97. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.12516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- C. Vollono
- Unit of Neurophysiopathology and Sleep Medicine; Department of Geriatrics; Neurosciences and Orthopedics; Catholic University; Rome Italy
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- Neurology Unit; ‘Sandro Pertini’ Hospital; Rome Italy
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- Neurology Division; Pediatric Hospital ‘Bambino Gesù’; IRCCS; Rome Italy
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- Neurology Division; Pediatric Hospital ‘Bambino Gesù’; IRCCS; Rome Italy
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- Neurology Division; Pediatric Hospital ‘Bambino Gesù’; IRCCS; Rome Italy
- Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction; Aalborg University; Aalborg Denmark
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Blom SM, Pfister JP, Santello M, Senn W, Nevian T. Nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain causes disinhibition of the anterior cingulate cortex. J Neurosci 2014; 34:5754-64. [PMID: 24760836 PMCID: PMC6608297 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3667-13.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Revised: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 02/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Neuropathic pain caused by peripheral nerve injury is a debilitating neurological condition of high clinical relevance. On the cellular level, the elevated pain sensitivity is induced by plasticity of neuronal function along the pain pathway. Changes in cortical areas involved in pain processing contribute to the development of neuropathic pain. Yet, it remains elusive which plasticity mechanisms occur in cortical circuits. We investigated the properties of neural networks in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a brain region mediating affective responses to noxious stimuli. We performed multiple whole-cell recordings from neurons in layer 5 (L5) of the ACC of adult mice after chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve of the left hindpaw and observed a striking loss of connections between excitatory and inhibitory neurons in both directions. In contrast, no significant changes in synaptic efficacy in the remaining connected pairs were found. These changes were reflected on the network level by a decrease in the mEPSC and mIPSC frequency. Additionally, nerve injury resulted in a potentiation of the intrinsic excitability of pyramidal neurons, whereas the cellular properties of interneurons were unchanged. Our set of experimental parameters allowed constructing a neuronal network model of L5 in the ACC, revealing that the modification of inhibitory connectivity had the most profound effect on increased network activity. Thus, our combined experimental and modeling approach suggests that cortical disinhibition is a fundamental pathological modification associated with peripheral nerve damage. These changes at the cortical network level might therefore contribute to the neuropathic pain condition.
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- Department of Physiology and
- Center for Cognition, Learning and Memory, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Physiology and
- Center for Cognition, Learning and Memory, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Pro S, Tarantino S, Capuano A, Vigevano F, Valeriani M. Primary headache pathophysiology in children: The contribution of clinical neurophysiology. Clin Neurophysiol 2014; 125:6-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.04.335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2013] [Revised: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 04/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Iacovelli E, Tarantino S, Capuano A, De Luca M, De Ranieri C, Vigevano F, Arendt-Nielsen L, Valeriani M. Different SEP recovery cycle in adolescent migraineurs with exploding or imploding pain. Neurosci Res 2013; 77:78-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2013.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Revised: 04/21/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Giant SEPs and SEP-recovery function in Unverricht–Lundborg disease. Clin Neurophysiol 2013; 124:1013-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Revised: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 11/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Restuccia D, Vollono C, del Piero I, Martucci L, Zanini S. Different levels of cortical excitability reflect clinical fluctuations in migraine. Cephalalgia 2013; 33:1035-47. [PMID: 23575822 DOI: 10.1177/0333102413482199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND In a previous study we demonstrated that high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) elicited by median nerve stimulation are significantly correlated to clinical fluctuations of migraine. We aimed at verifying whether clinical fluctuations and HFO changes are correlated to N20 somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) recovery cycle, which is likely to reflect the functional refractoriness of primary somatosensory cortex neurons. METHODS We analysed both HFOs and N20 SEP recovery cycle to paired stimulation in 21 migraine patients and 18 healthy volunteers. RESULTS Shortened recovery cycle correlated with low-amplitude HFOs as well as with clinical worsening. By contrast, prolonged recovery cycle correlated with enhanced HFOs, as well as with spontaneous clinical improvement. CONCLUSIONS In our migraine patients the strict relationship between presynaptic HFO amplitude and N20 recovery function suggests that changes of both parameters might be caused by modifications of the thalamo-cortical drive. Our findings suggest that the thalamo-cortical drive during interictal stages could fluctuate from abnormally high to abnormally low levels, depending on mechanisms which reduce cortical excitability in spontaneously improving patients, and increase cortical excitability in spontaneously worsening ones.
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Höffken O, Tannwitz J, Lenz M, Sczesny-Kaiser M, Tegenthoff M, Schwenkreis P. Influence of parameter settings on paired-pulse-suppression in somatosensory evoked potentials: a systematic analysis. Clin Neurophysiol 2012; 124:574-80. [PMID: 22995592 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Revised: 07/23/2012] [Accepted: 08/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Paired-pulse somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) are a common tool to investigate excitability in the human somatosensory cortex. Comparing literature about paired-pulse SEP, there is no standard set of stimulation parameters, while little is known about the influence of stimulation parameters on paired-pulse suppression. METHODS We analyzed changes of paired-pulse ratios by varying repetition rates from 1 to 9Hz, and using stimulus intensities of 250% of the sensory threshold and 100%, 120%, and 140% of the motor threshold, which are most frequently used in studies using paired-pulse SEPs. RESULTS We found a significant effect of repetition rate on paired-pulse suppression with increasing paired-pulse ratios from 1 to 9Hz, which is mainly caused by a change of single pulse amplitudes. We found no difference in paired-pulse suppression at the tested stimulation intensities. CONCLUSIONS The extent of paired-pulse ratios across different studies should be interpreted with caution due to the high dependence on repetition rate, while the results at the commonly used stimulus intensities are comparable. SIGNIFICANCE For an optimized parameter setting with sufficient paired-pulse suppression, we suggest a stimulation rate of 1 or 3Hz and a stimulation intensity of 250% of sensory threshold or slightly above motor threshold.
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- Oliver Höffken
- Department of Neurology, Ruhr-University Bochum, BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany.
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Huang Z, Zhan S, Li N, Ding Y, Wang Y. Abnormal recovery function of somatosensory evoked potentials in patients with primary insomnia. Psychiatry Res 2012; 198:463-7. [PMID: 22424903 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 11/13/2011] [Accepted: 11/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Neurobiological correlates underlying insomnia are poorly understood. The hyperarousal of the central nervous system indicates that cortical excitability may be abnormal in patients with insomnia. The purpose of the present study was to investigate changes in cortical excitability by examining the recovery function of median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in patients with primary insomia (PI). We studied the recovery function of median nerve SEPs in 12 medication-naive PI patients and in 12 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects. SEPs in response to single stimulus and paired stimuli at interstimulus intervals (ISIs) of 20, 60, 100 and 150 ms were recorded. The recovery function of the cortical components of frontal P20 and parietal N20 showed significantly reduced suppression in PI patients as compared to healthy controls. In conclusion, this is the first study investigating changes in cortical excitability in PI patients by examining the recovery function of median nerve SEPs. The present study suggests that cortical excitability is increased in PI patients. Dysfunction of inhibitory GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex might contribute to the increased cortical excitability in PI patients.
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- Zhaoyang Huang
- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 45 Changchunjie Road, Beijing 100053, China
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Moseley GL, Flor H. Targeting cortical representations in the treatment of chronic pain: a review. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2012; 26:646-52. [PMID: 22331213 DOI: 10.1177/1545968311433209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Recent neuroscientific evidence has confirmed the important role of cognitive and behavioral factors in the development and treatment of chronic pain. Neuropathic and musculoskeletal pain are associated with substantial reorganization of the primary somatosensory and motor cortices as well as regions such as the anterior cingulate cortex and insula. What is more, in patients with chronic low back pain and fibromyalgia, the amount of reorganizational change increases with chronicity; in phantom limb pain and other neuropathic pain syndromes, cortical reorganization correlates with the magnitude of pain. These findings have implications for both our understanding of chronic pain and its prevention and treatment. For example, central alterations may be viewed as pain memories that modulate the processing of both noxious and nonnoxious input to the somatosensory system and outputs of the motor and other response systems. The cortical plasticity that is clearly important in chronic pain states also offers potential targets for rehabilitation. The authors review the cortical changes that are associated with chronic pain and the therapeutic approaches that have been shown to normalize representational changes and decrease pain and discuss future directions to train the brain to reduce chronic pain.
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- G Lorimer Moseley
- University of South Australia and Neuroscience Research Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
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Oksanen A, Pöyhönen T, Metsähonkala L, Anttila P, Hiekkanen H, Laimi K, Salminen JJ. Neck flexor muscle fatigue in adolescents with headache - An electromyographic study. Eur J Pain 2012; 11:764-72. [PMID: 17291797 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2006.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2006] [Revised: 11/22/2006] [Accepted: 12/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Muscular disorders of the neck region may be of importance for the etiology of tension-type headache. However, in adolescents, there are no data on the association between neck muscle fatigue and headache. AIM To study differences in fatigue characteristics of the neck flexor muscles in adolescents with and without headache. METHODS A population-based sample of 17-year-old adolescents with migraine-type headache (N=30), tension-type headache (N=29) and healthy controls without headache (N=30) was examined. Surface EMG data were recorded from the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscles bilaterally during an isometric neck flexor endurance test. The spectral median frequency (MF) change during the total endurance time (TMF) and the initial time of 30s (IMF) was calculated. The intensity of discomfort in the neck area was assessed with the visual analogue scale (VAS). RESULTS The rate of decline in TMF of both SCM muscles was significantly increased in the tension-type headache group compared with controls (right SCM, P=0.030, OR 2.0, 95% 1.2-3.7; left SCM, P=0.009, OR 2.5, 95% 1.4-4.9), while no significant differences were found between controls and subjects with migraine. The rate of decline in IMF, the total endurance time (P=0.050), and VAS did not differ significantly among the study groups. CONCLUSIONS This preliminary finding shows that increased neck flexor muscle fatigue in adolescents seems to be associated with tension-type headache.
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- Airi Oksanen
- Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, FIN-20521, Turku, Finland.
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Cosentino G, Fierro B, Vigneri S, Talamanca S, Palermo A, Puma A, Brighina F. Impaired Glutamatergic Neurotransmission in Migraine With Aura? Evidence by an Input-Output Curves Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study. Headache 2011; 51:726-33. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.01893.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Oral nitric-oxide donor glyceryl-trinitrate induces sensitization in spinal cord pain processing in migraineurs: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study. Eur J Pain 2010; 15:482-90. [PMID: 20965755 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2010] [Revised: 09/14/2010] [Accepted: 09/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nitric-oxide donor glyceryl-trinitrate (GTN) modulates cerebral and spinal regions that are involved in migraine and pain processing. We hypothesized that in migraineurs, the susceptibility to develop a migraine attack after GTN administration should parallel with an high sensitivity to GTN-induced change in the pain processing at spinal level. We used the temporal summation threshold (TST) of the lower limb nociceptive withdrawal reflex (NWR) and the related pain sensation to study in parallel the time-course of the effect of the GTN administration on the pain processing at spinal level in migraine and healthy subjects. Twenty-eight (21 F; 7M; mean age 34.2 ± 8.2) migraine and 15 (11 F; 4M; mean age 35.9 ± 8.9) healthy subjects were recruited in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial. Neurophysiological examinations were carried out before (baseline) and 30', 60', 120', 180' and 240' after GTN (0.9 mg sublingual) or placebo administration during two different sessions. In migraineurs, GTN administration was associated to a significant facilitation in temporal summation of pain (reduced TST and increased painful sensation) 60', 120' and 180' after drug intake when compared to baseline, to placebo condition and to controls after GTN intake. Furthermore, in migraineurs who developed migraine after GTN, a significant facilitation in temporal summation of pain was detected 60', 120' and 180' after drug intake when compared to patients without clinical response. In migraineurs the susceptibility to develop migraine attack after GTN administration seems to be a specific trait of a subgroup of patients linked to a supersensitivity of the pain system to GTN.
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Ambrosini A, Magis D, Schoenen J. Migraine – clinical neurophysiology. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2010; 97:275-93. [DOI: 10.1016/s0072-9752(10)97023-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Höffken O, Lenz M, Tegenthoff M, Schwenkreis P. Multichannel SEP-recording after paired median nerve stimulation suggests origin of paired-pulse inhibition rostral of the brainstem. Neurosci Lett 2009; 468:308-11. [PMID: 19914346 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2009] [Revised: 11/05/2009] [Accepted: 11/08/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Paired-pulse techniques are a common tool to investigate the excitability of the cerebral cortex. Whereas in the motor system short interval intracortical inhibition assessed by paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation clearly could be demonstrated to be generated within the motor cortex, the mechanism of paired-pulse inhibition measured over the somatosensory cortex after paired-pulse median nerve stimulation is less clear. The aim of this study was to further investigate the level of somatosensory processing where this paired-pulse inhibition is generated. We applied single and paired electrical stimulation of the median nerve with an interstimulus interval of 30ms. Somatosensory evoked potentials were recorded over the brachial plexus, the cranial cervical medulla and the primary somatosensory cortex. We analyzed peak-to-peak amplitudes evoked by the second stimulus of paired-pulse stimulation after digital subtraction of a single pulse (A2s), and referred it to the first response before linear subtraction (A1). Paired-pulse inhibition was expressed as a ratio (A2s/A1) of the amplitudes of the second (A2s) and the first (A1) peaks. We found a significant reduction of A2s as compared to A1 over S1, but no significant difference between A1 and A2s over brachial plexus and cranial medulla. In addition, the cortical amplitude ratio A2s/A1 was significantly reduced compared to the amplitude ratios over cranial medulla and brachial plexus. These results suggest that the underlying inhibitory mechanisms are generated rostral to the brainstem nuclei, probably due to the activity of thalamic or intracortical inhibitory interneurons.
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- Oliver Höffken
- Department of Neurology, Ruhr-University Bochum, BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany.
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Höffken O, Stude P, Lenz M, Bach M, Dinse HR, Tegenthoff M. Visual paired-pulse stimulation reveals enhanced visual cortex excitability in migraineurs. Eur J Neurosci 2009; 30:714-20. [PMID: 19674086 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06859.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Migraine is a common ictal disorder with an interindividual heterogeneous characteristic, whose underlying mechanisms remain elusive. On the one hand migraine is associated with abnormal cortical hyperexcitability. On the other hand, studies reported lower amplitudes of visual-evoked potentials (VEPs) and concluded that low preactivation levels imply decreased excitability. Here we measured visual cortex excitability and paired-pulse suppression in subjects suffering from migraine without aura and in a group of aged- and gender-matched healthy subjects to address the relation between activation levels and excitability. To that aim, we analysed amplitudes of VEPs and paired-pulse suppression evoked by a paired-pulse stimulation paradigm using stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs) between 80 and 133 ms. We found that in migraineurs in the interictal state the amplitudes of the first VEP were reduced as compared with healthy subjects by approximately 20%. In the case of paired-pulse suppression comparable to healthy controls, the second response amplitude should be reduced as well, which was not the case. Instead, the ratio between the first and second VEP was higher than in healthy controls and did not depend on SOA in the range tested, which demonstrates reduced paired-pulse suppression and therefore implicates increased cortical excitability. Our data show that in migraineurs VEPs were reduced presumably due to reduced activation levels. However, paired-pulse suppression using short SOAs in the range of 100 ms or less was even higher than in normal subjects. Thus, our data show that signatures of both hyper- and hypoexcitability can be found depending on stimulation condition.
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- Oliver Höffken
- Department of Neurology, Ruhr-University Bochum, BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany.
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Perrotta A, Serrao M, Sandrini G, Burstein R, Sances G, Rossi P, Bartolo M, Pierelli F, Nappi G. Sensitisation of spinal cord pain processing in medication overuse headache involves supraspinal pain control. Cephalalgia 2009; 30:272-84. [PMID: 19614707 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01914.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Medication overuse could interfere with the activity of critical brain regions involved in the supraspinal control of pain signals at the trigeminal and spinal level, leading to a sensitisation phenomenon responsible for chronic pain. We hypothesised that medication-overuse headache (MOH) patients might display abnormal processing of pain stimuli at the spinal level and defective functioning of the diffuse noxious inhibitory controls. We tested 31 MOH patients before (bWT) and after (aWT) standard inpatient withdrawal treatment, 28 episodic migraine (EM) patients and 23 healthy control subjects. We measured the threshold, the area and the temporal summation threshold (TST) of the nociceptive withdrawal reflex before, during and after activation of the diffuse noxious inhibitory controls by means of the cold pressor test. A significantly lower TST was found in both the MOH (bWT and aWT) and the EM patients compared with the controls, and in the MOH patients bWT compared with both the MOH patients aWT and the EM patients. In the MOH bWT patients the cold pressor test induced a TST increase significantly lower than that found in the MOH aWT, EM and control groups. Abnormal spinal cord pain processing and a decrease of the antinociceptive activity of the supraspinal structures in MOH patients can be hypothesised. These abnormalities could, in part, be related to the medication overuse, given that the withdrawal treatment was related to an improvement in the neurophysiological findings.
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- A Perrotta
- University Centre for Adaptive Disorders and Headache, IRCCS ‘C. Mondino Institute of Neurology’ Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia
- IRCCS ‘Neuromed’, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Headache Clinic, Pozzilli, Isernia
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- University Centre for Adaptive Disorders and Headache, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Polo Pontino-ICOT, Latina
- Rehabilitation Centre, Policlinico Italia
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- University Centre for Adaptive Disorders and Headache, IRCCS ‘C. Mondino Institute of Neurology’ Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- University Centre for Adaptive Disorders and Headache, IRCCS ‘C. Mondino Institute of Neurology’ Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia
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- Headache Clinic, INI Grottaferrata, Italy
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- University Centre for Adaptive Disorders and Headache, IRCCS ‘C. Mondino Institute of Neurology’ Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia
- IRCCS ‘Neuromed’, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Headache Clinic, Pozzilli, Isernia
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- University Centre for Adaptive Disorders and Headache, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Polo Pontino-ICOT, Latina
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- University Centre for Adaptive Disorders and Headache, IRCCS ‘C. Mondino Institute of Neurology’ Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia
- Chair of Neurology, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy
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Vollono C, Ferraro D, Miliucci R, Vigevano F, Valeriani M. The Abnormal Recovery Cycle of Somatosensory Evoked Potential Components in Children with Migraine can be Reversed by Topiramate. Cephalalgia 2009; 30:17-26. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01892.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The aim of this study was to compare the recovery cycle of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in children with migraine without aura before and after treatment with topiramate. Eleven migraine children were studied before and after a 3-month treatment with topiramate at the average dose of 1.3 mg/kg/day. We calculated the SEP latency and amplitude modifications after paired electrical stimuli at 5, 20 and 40 ms interstimulus intervals, comparing them with a single stimulus condition assumed as baseline. In nine patients, who had a significant reduction in headache frequency after treatment, the recovery cycles of the P24 ( P = 0.03) and N30 ( P < 0.005) potentials were longer after than before topiramate treatment. In two migraineurs who did not show any improvement, the recovery cycles of the cortical SEP components were even shorter after treatment. Our results suggest that topiramate efficacy in paediatric migraine prophylaxis is probably related to restored cortical excitability.
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- C Vollono
- Headache Centre, Neurology
Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Catholic
University, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Neurology,
Department of Neurosciences, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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- Headache Centre, Neurology
Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Catholic
University, Rome, Italy
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- Headache Centre, Neurology
Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Catholic
University, Rome, Italy
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- Headache Centre, Neurology
Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Catholic
University, Rome, Italy
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Why is migraine rarely, and not usually, the sole ictal epileptic manifestation? Seizure 2009; 18:309-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2008] [Revised: 11/08/2008] [Accepted: 01/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Valeriani M, Galli F, Tarantino S, Graceffa D, Pignata E, Miliucci R, Biondi G, Tozzi A, Vigevano F, Guidetti V. Correlation Between Abnormal Brain Excitability and Emotional Symptomatology in Paediatric Migraine. Cephalalgia 2009; 29:204-13. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01708.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We investigated a possible correlation between brain excitability in children with migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) and their behavioural symptomatology, assessed by using the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL). The mismatch negativity (MMN) and P300 response were recorded in three successive blocks to test the amplitude reduction of each response from the first to the third block (habituation). MMN and P300 habituation was significantly lower in migraineurs and TTH children than in control subjects (two-way ANOVA: P < 0.05). In migraineurs, but not in TTH patients, significant positive correlations between the P300 habituation deficit and the CBCL scores were found ( P < 0.05), meaning that the migraineurs with the most reduced habituation showed also the worst behavioural symptomatology. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study showing a correlation between neurophysiological abnormality and emotional symptomatology in migraine, suggesting a role of the latter in producing the migrainous phenotype.
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- M Valeriani
- Headache Centre, Division of Neurology, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS
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- Faculty of Psychology 1, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Paediatric Psychology, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS
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- Faculty of Psychology 1, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy
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- Faculty of Psychology 1, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy
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- Headache Centre, Division of Neurology, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS
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- Division of Paediatric Psychology, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS
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- Epidemiology Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS
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- Headache Centre, Division of Neurology, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy
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Central nervous system abnormalities in vaginismus. Clin Neurophysiol 2009; 120:117-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.10.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2008] [Revised: 10/17/2008] [Accepted: 10/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The paradigm of early treatment of the migraine attack at mild pain intensity has become one alternative to circumventing the problem of compromised oral absorption of symptomatic drugs due to migraine-induced gastrointestinal dysmotility. Early treatment also has been proposed to be advantageous because most migraineurs could be less responsive to delayed treatment, owing to the development of central sensitization of the trigeminal pain transmission. Ranking the underlying principles, it seems that the improved response to an oral triptan formulation at mild migraine symptom intensity has more to do with less impaired gastrointestinal absorption in the early stage of the attack than decreasing the time and preventing chances for central sensitization and development of cutaneous allodynia. Furthermore, parenteral administration of a triptan is always more likely to provide relief of symptoms than conventional tablets, even when it is used later in the course of the migraine attack. Individually tailored use of the available triptan formulations will increase, without any doubt, the within-migraineur consistency of response. It also will reduce the overall proportion of migraine attacks or migraineurs not responding to triptan treatment. Notwithstanding, the recommendation of early treatment during the migraine attack when the pain is mild remains valid.
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Oksanen A, Pöyhönen T, Ylinen JJ, Metsähonkala L, Anttila P, Laimi K, Hiekkanen H, Aromaa M, Salminen JJ, Sillanpää M. Force production and EMG activity of neck muscles in adolescent headache. Disabil Rehabil 2008; 30:231-9. [PMID: 17852219 DOI: 10.1080/09638280701265430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE This study compared the maximal force, EMG/force ratio and co-activation characteristics of the neck-shoulder muscles between 30 adolescents with migraine-type headache, 29 with tension-type headache, and 30 headache-free controls. METHOD Force was measured with surface electromyography (EMG) from the cervical erector spinae (CES), the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) and trapezius muscles during the maximal isometric neck flexion, neck extension and shoulder flexion. RESULTS Girls with migraine-type headache had higher EMG/force ratios between the EMG of the left agonist SCM muscle and the corresponding maximal neck flexion (p = 0.030) and neck rotation force to the right side (p = 0.024) than the girls with tension-type headache. Migrainous girls had more co-activation of right antagonist CES muscle during maximal neck flexion force than the girls without headache (p = 0.015). Neck force production showed no significant differences between girls. Girls with tension-type headache displayed lower left shoulder flexion force than girls with migraine-type headache (p = 0.005) or with no headache (p = 0.005). In boys, no significant differences were observed. CONCLUSIONS Girls with tension-type headache and migraine-type headache have differences in neuromuscular function in the neck-shoulder muscles. The data amplify our knowledge of the neck-shoulder muscle dysfunction in adolescent headache, and may encourage the use of specific rehabilitation methods in the management of different types of headache.
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- Airi Oksanen
- Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland.
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Raieli V, Puma D, Brighina F. Role of neurophysiology in the clinical practice of primary pediatric headaches. Drug Dev Res 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.20205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Hypothesis on neurophysiopathological mechanisms linking epilepsy and headache. Med Hypotheses 2008; 70:1150-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2007] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Currà A, Pierelli F, Coppola G, Cruccu G. Authors’ reply to the letter to the Editor by Valeriani M, Fierro B, Brighina F regarding the published article entitled “Shortened cortical silent period in facial muscles of patients with migraine”, Pain 2007;132:124–131. Pain 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Valeriani M, Fierro B, Brighina F. Brain excitability in migraine: Hyperexcitability or inhibited inhibition? Pain 2007; 132:219-20; author reply 220-2. [PMID: 17870239 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2007] [Accepted: 08/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bender S, Weisbrod M, Resch F, Oelkers-Ax R. Stereotyped topography of different elevated contingent negative variation components in children with migraine without aura points towards a subcortical dysfunction. Pain 2007; 127:221-233. [PMID: 17027155 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2006] [Revised: 07/13/2006] [Accepted: 08/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Increased negativity during contingent negative variation (CNV) is thought to reflect abnormal neural activation in adult migraineurs' attention related processing. Findings in childhood and adolescence have yielded less clear results. This study characterizes the age-dependent development of CNV topography in migraine during childhood in order to elucidate the origin and cerebral generators of described CNV elevations. A large sample of children with primary headache (migraine with/without aura, tension type headache) and healthy controls aged 6-18 years was examined in a CNV paradigm using 64-channel high resolution DC-EEG. Patients were tested for diagnose-related topographic group differences of initial CNV (iCNV), late CNV (lCNV) and postimperative negative variation (PINV). All three CNV components of 6-11-year-old migraineurs without aura showed elevated negativity over the supplementary motor area (SMA) and around the vertex. Migraine children lacked age-dependent development of late CNV around Cz as previously reported. However, they showed a normal development of late CNV over pre-/primary motor cortex (MI). There was no marked elevation of iCNV amplitude over frontal areas (orienting reaction) nor specific amplitude elevations over "motor" or "sensory" areas during sustained attention (late CNV). Additional "pre-mature" activation e.g., in the locus coeruleus (leading to diffuse cortical activation summing up to a maximum over the vertex) or the basal ganglia (interacting with SMA) explained the rather stereotyped CNV elevation around the vertex better than a specific implication of the cortical systems responsible for orienting, motor preparation or sensory attention.
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- Stephan Bender
- Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Blumenstrasse 8, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany Section for Experimental Psychopathology, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Voßstrasse 4, D-69115, Heidelberg, Germany Psychosomatic Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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de Tommaso M. Central nervous system excitability in migraine: Who is right? Pain 2005; 118:1-2. [PMID: 16202523 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2005] [Accepted: 07/01/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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