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Papers: 22 Feb 2020 - 28 Feb 2020


Human Studies, Pharmacology/Drug Development

PAIN TYPE:
Migraine/Headache


2020 Feb 25


Cephalalgia

Brain metabolites in chronic migraine patients with medication overuse headache.

Authors

Niddam DM, Lai K-L, Tsai S-Y, Lin Y-R, Chen W-T, Fuh J-L, Wang S-J
Cephalalgia. 2020 Feb 25:333102420908579.
PMID: 32098478.

Abstract

Medication overuse headache may be associated with widespread alterations along the thalamocortical pathway, a pathway involved in pain perception and disease progression. This study addressed whether brain metabolites in key regions of the thalamocortical pathway differed between chronic migraine patients with medication overuse headache and without medication overuse headache.