Sugar for the brain: the role of glucose in physiological and pathological brain function

P Mergenthaler, U Lindauer, GA Dienel… - Trends in neurosciences, 2013 - cell.com
The mammalian brain depends upon glucose as its main source of energy, and tight
regulation of glucose metabolism is critical for brain physiology. Consistent with its critical …

Migraine pathophysiology: anatomy of the trigeminovascular pathway and associated neurological symptoms, cortical spreading depression, sensitization, and …

R Noseda, R Burstein - Pain, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Scientific evidence supports the notion that migraine pathophysiology involves inherited
alteration of brain excitability, intracranial arterial dilatation, recurrent activation, and …

Advances in genetics of migraine

HG Sutherland, CL Albury, LR Griffiths - The journal of headache and pain, 2019 - Springer
Background Migraine is a complex neurovascular disorder with a strong genetic component.
There are rare monogenic forms of migraine, as well as more common polygenic forms; …

Chaos and commotion in the wake of cortical spreading depression and spreading depolarizations

D Pietrobon, MA Moskowitz - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
Punctuated episodes of spreading depolarizations erupt in the brain, encumbering tissue
structure and function, and raising fascinating unanswered questions concerning their …

Mechanisms of craniofacial pain

JG Chichorro, F Porreca, B Sessle - Cephalalgia, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Aim To provide an overview of mechanisms underlying craniofacial pain; to highlight
peripheral and central adaptations that may promote chronification of pain in craniofacial …

The sense of stopping migraine prophylaxis

L Al-Hassany, HS Lyons, DM Boucherie… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Migraine prophylactic therapy has changed over recent years with the
development and approval of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting the calcitonin gene …

Genetics of migraine: insights into the molecular basis of migraine disorders

HG Sutherland, LR Griffiths - … : The Journal of Head and Face …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Migraine is a complex, debilitating neurovascular disorder, typically characterized by
recurring, incapacitating attacks of severe headache often accompanied by nausea and …

Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of hemiplegic migraine

V Di Stefano, MG Rispoli, N Pellegrino… - Journal of Neurology …, 2020 - jnnp.bmj.com
Hemiplegic migraine (HM) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous condition with
attacks of headache and motor weakness which may be associated with impaired …

Defective glutamate and K+ clearance by cortical astrocytes in familial hemiplegic migraine type 2

C Capuani, M Melone, A Tottene, L Bragina… - EMBO Molecular …, 2016 - embopress.org
Migraine is a common disabling brain disorder. A subtype of migraine with aura (familial
hemiplegic migraine type 2: FHM 2) is caused by loss‐of‐function mutations in α2 Na+, K+ …

Altered periaqueductal gray resting state functional connectivity in migraine and the modulation effect of treatment

Z Li, M Liu, L Lan, F Zeng, N Makris, Y Liang, T Guo… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The aims of this study were to 1) compare resting state functional connectivity (rs-fc) of the
periaqueductal gray (PAG), a key region in the descending pain modulatory system (DPMS) …