Migraine: disease characterisation, biomarkers, and precision medicine

M Ashina, GM Terwindt, MAM Al-Karagholi, I De Boer… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Migraine is a disabling neurological disorder, diagnosis of which is based on clinical criteria.
A shortcoming of these criteria is that they do not fully capture the heterogeneity of migraine …

Pathophysiology of migraine: a disorder of sensory processing

PJ Goadsby, PR Holland… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Plaguing humans for more than two millennia, manifest on every continent studied, and with
more than one billion patients having an attack in any year, migraine stands as the sixth …

Ovulation: parallels with inflammatory processes

DM Duffy, CM Ko, M Jo, M Brannstrom… - Endocrine …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The midcycle surge of LH sets in motion interconnected networks of signaling cascades to
bring about rupture of the follicle and release of the oocyte during ovulation. Many mediators …

Shared and independent roles of CGRP and PACAP in migraine pathophysiology

A Kuburas, AF Russo - The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2023 - Springer
The neuropeptides calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-
activating polypeptide (PACAP) have emerged as mediators of migraine pathogenesis. Both …

Neurogenic inflammation and its role in migraine

R Ramachandran - Seminars in immunopathology, 2018 - Springer
The etiology of migraine pain involves sensitized meningeal afferents that densely innervate
the dural vasculature. These afferents, with their cell bodies located in the trigeminal …

Pathophysiology of migraine

D Pietrobon, MA Moskowitz - Annual review of physiology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Migraine is a collection of perplexing neurological conditions in which the brain and its
associated tissues have been implicated as major players during an attack. Once …

Diencephalic and brainstem mechanisms in migraine

S Akerman, PR Holland, PJ Goadsby - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2011 - nature.com
Migraine is a common and complex brain disorder. Although it is clear that head pain is a
key manifestation of the disorder for most patients, what drives the activation of neuronal …

Human models of migraine—short-term pain for long-term gain

M Ashina, JM Hansen, BO á Dunga… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Migraine is a complex disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of headache, and is one
of the most prevalent and disabling neurological disorders. A key feature of migraine is that …

Chronic migraine pathophysiology and treatment: a review of current perspectives

TJ Mungoven, LA Henderson… - Frontiers in Pain Research, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chronic migraine is a disabling neurological disorder that imposes a considerable burden
on individual and socioeconomic outcomes. Chronic migraine is defined as headaches …

Future targets for migraine treatment beyond CGRP

L Al-Hassany, DM Boucherie, H Creeney… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Migraine is a disabling and chronic neurovascular headache disorder.
Trigeminal vascular activation and release of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) play a …