Center of Excellence: Migraine: Journal Articles

• Anti-CGRP Monoclonal Antibodies for Children and Adolescents Monoclonal antibodies to calcitonin gene-related peptide or its receptor have been shown to be efficacious for migraine prevention in adults. Can they be safely used in children and adolescents?
  Headache, January 2019
• Vitamin D Status in Migraine Patients vs. Healthy Controls Is there a relationship between serum vitamin D status and migraine incidence or characteristics?
  Headache, December 2018
• AHS Position Statement: Integrating New Migraine Treatments This position statement from the American Headache Society provides updated recommendations to healthcare professionals on the use of currently available preventive and acute treatments for migraine.
  Headache, December 2018
• Medication Overuse Headache in Chronic Migraine Why are some chronic migraine patients more prone than others to relapse after structured withdrawal for medication overuse? This study explored psychosocial features that might contribute to relapse.
  Headache, December 2018
• Occipital Nerve Blocks With Bupivacaine for Acute Migraine Is greater occipital nerve block an effective treatment for acute migraine in patients who fail to improve after first-line treatment with intravenous metoclopramide?
  Headache, December 2018
• Migraine in America Symptoms and Treatment (MAST) Study This article summarizes both the design and the findings of the MAST study, an epidemiologic survey of people with migraine in the United States.
  Headache, November 2018
• CBT for Insomnia to Reduce Chronic Migraine Do behavioral interventions for insomnia decrease migraine frequency?
  Headache, October 2018
• Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks in Chronic Migraine With MOH This fMRI study examined how a series of sphenopalatine ganglion blockade treatments might modulate functional connectivity between brain networks in chronic migraine with medication overuse headache.
  Headache, July 2018
• Clinical Features of Headache in Elderly Migraine Patients Do the symptoms and characteristics of migraine differ in the elderly compared with younger persons?
  Headache, May 2018
• Greater Occipital Nerve Block for Acute Treatment of Migraine Is greater occipital block an effective option for acute pain management in migraine headache?
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, May 2018
• Migraine Care Challenges in Uninsured and Underinsured Adults What unique challenges and barriers to care do migraneurs on Medicaid, or who are underinsured or uninsured face?
  Headache, May 2018
• Infarction Risk During Cerebral Ischemia in Migraineurs Does a personal history of migraine increase vulnerability to brain ischemia? This study compared CT perfusion maps of migraineurs and nonmigraineurs with acute ischemic stroke.
  Stroke, April 2018
• Association Between Migraine and Suicidal Behaviors What is the impact of psychiatric mood disorders on suicidal behaviors in patients with migraine?
  Headache, April 2018
• Depression/Anxiety and Headache Frequency in Migraineurs Patients who experience higher migraine frequency may also experience higher rates of depression and anxiety.
  Headache, March 2018
• Migraine and Yawning How common is repetitive yawning during migraine attacks? Is there an association between yawning and other migraine symptoms?
  Headache, March 2018
• Stroke Risk and Estrogen Contraceptives in Women With Migraine Guidelines have recommended avoiding combined hormonal contraceptives in women with migraine with aura due to increased stroke risk. Does current evidence support this, and is the risk dose-related?
  Headache, February 2018
• CAM Use Among US Adults With Headache or Migraine How prevalent is the use of CAM among migraine and headache sufferers? Which modalities are used most often, and why are they selected?
  Headache, January 2018
• Fremanezumab as Add-On With Other Migraine Preventives This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of fremanezumab as an add-on preventive therapy in individuals with episodic and chronic migraine who are taking other preventive migraine medications.
  Headache, December 2017
• Preventing Migraine With Caloric Vestibular Stimulation A novel, solid-state device--the caloric vestibular stimulator--shows promise as a safe and effective adjuvant prophylaxis for episodic migraine.
  Headache, September 2017
• Forecasting Headache Attacks Using Perceived Stress Could the frequency and intensity of stressful daily events be used to forecast migraine attacks? In this study, the authors present a headache-forecasting model for persons with episodic migraine.
  Headache, August 2017