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  1. White matter hyperintensities (WMH) have been associated with mood disorders in psychiatric patients. In the present study, we aimed to assess whether WMHs are associated with depressive symptoms and different...

    Authors: Gianluca Serafini, Maurizio Pompili, Marco Innamorati, Andrea Negro, Martina Fiorillo, Dorian A. Lamis, Denise Erbuto, Francesco Marsibilio, Andrea Romano, Mario Amore, Lidia D’Alonzo, Alessandro Bozzao, Paolo Girardi and Paolo Martelletti
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:493
  2. This study aimed at determining the causes of failure of the different proposed strategies to ensure improvement of medication-overuse headache (MOH) patients, since they have not been investigated so far, esp...

    Authors: Ilenia Corbelli, Stefano Caproni, Paolo Eusebi and Paola Sarchielli
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:492
  3. The pathogenesis of evolution from episodic migraine (EM) to chronic migraine (CM) has not yet been clearly determined. Some studies revealed that dysfunction of the brainstem may play a role. We aimed to dete...

    Authors: Tzu-Hsien Lai, Jong-Ling Fuh, Jiing-Feng Lirng, Ching-Po Lin and Shuu-Jiun Wang
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:491
  4. Medication overuse headache (MOH) is a severe burden to sufferers and its treatment has few evidence-based indications. The aim of this study is to evaluate efficacy and safety of nabilone in reducing pain and...

    Authors: Luigi Alberto Pini, Simona Guerzoni, Maria Michela Cainazzo, Anna Ferrari, Paola Sarchielli, Ilaria Tiraferri, Michela Ciccarese and Maurizio Zappaterra
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:490
  5. Although there are few studies on adolescents’ beliefs about triggers of headache, none of these compared the associations between perceived and observed triggers. This study aimed at comparing the prevalence ...

    Authors: Astrid Milde-Busch, Andreas Straube, Florian Heinen and Rüdiger von Kries
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:489
  6. In this study, we compared the efficacy and tolerability of the combination of paracetamol 1,000 mg + caffeine 130 mg (PCF) with sumatriptan 50 mg (SUM) in migraine attacks. This was a multi-center randomized ...

    Authors: Luigi Alberto Pini, Simona Guerzoni, Michela Cainazzo, Michela Ciccarese, Maria Pia Prudenzano and Paolo Livrea
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:484
  7. The term “ictal epileptic headache” has been recently proposed to classify the clinical picture in which headache is the isolated ictal symptom of a seizure. There is emerging evidence from both basic and clin...

    Authors: Pasquale Parisi, Pasquale Striano, Andrea Negro, Paolo Martelletti and Vincenzo Belcastro
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:485
  8. The aim of this study was to assess the role of depression as a predictor of new onset of chronic migraine (CM) among persons with episodic migraine (EM). The American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention (AMPP)...

    Authors: Sait Ashina, Daniel Serrano, Richard B. Lipton, Morris Maizels, Aubrey N. Manack, Catherine C. Turkel, Michael L. Reed and Dawn C. Buse
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:479
  9. Migraine is a common disease which causes significant burden to individuals, in terms of personal suffering and activity reduction, and to societies, in terms of disease cost. The purpose of this study is to i...

    Authors: Alberto Raggi, Ambra Mara Giovannetti, Rui Quintas, Domenico D’Amico, Alarcos Cieza, Carla Sabariego, Jerome Edmound Bickenbach and Matilde Leonardi
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:482
  10. Authors: Jennifer Sayanlar, Nilufer Guleyupoglu, Russell Portenoy and Sait Ashina
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:483
  11. Migraine with and without aura (MA and MO, respectively) have a strong genetic basis. Different approaches using linkage-, candidate gene- and genome-wide association studies have been explored, yielding limit...

    Authors: Laura Aviaja Rudkjobing, Ann-Louise Esserlind and Jes Olesen
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:481
  12. Although the association between episodic migraine and psychiatric comorbidities is well documented, few studies have focused on the comorbidity with chronic migraine (CM) and discrepancies exist between popul...

    Authors: Antonio Lucio Teixeira, Esther Angélica Coelho Costa, Ariovaldo Alberto da Silva Jr, Igor Alvarenga Moreira dos Santos, Rodrigo Santiago Gómez, Arthur Kummer and Edward C. Lauterbach
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:480
  13. Our aim was to compare the differences in the prevalence and the anatomical localization of referred pain areas of active trigger points (TrPs) between women with myofascial temporomandibular disorder (TMD) or...

    Authors: Cristina Alonso-Blanco, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Ana Isabel de-la-Llave-Rincón, Pedro Zarco-Moreno, Fernando Galán-del-Río and Peter Svensson
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:477
  14. Sex hormones have some implications on headaches. The objective of the study was to investigate the effects of hormonal changes comparatively on tension-type headache (TTH) and migraine, in a population-based ...

    Authors: Necdet Karlı, Betül Baykan, Mustafa Ertaş, Mehmet Zarifoğlu, Aksel Siva, Sabahattin Saip and Güven Özkaya
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:475
  15. Primary headache disorders are a major public-health problem globally and, possibly more so, in low- and middle-income countries. No methodologically sound studies of prevalence and burden of headache in the a...

    Authors: Girish N. Rao, Girish B. Kulkarni, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Kavita Rajesh, D. Kumaraswamy Subbakrishna, Timothy J. Steiner and Lars J. Stovner
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:474
  16. Patients suffering from headache are usually asked to use charts to allow monitoring of their disease. These diaries, providing they are regularly filled in, become crucial in the diagnosis and management of h...

    Authors: Marta Allena, Maria Giovanna Cuzzoni, Cristina Tassorelli, Giuseppe Nappi and Fabio Antonaci
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:473
  17. Hemicrania continua (HC) is a unilateral and continuous primary headache with superimposed exacerbations frequently associated with autonomic features. Diagnostic criteria of HC, according to II Edition of Int...

    Authors: Elisa Cortijo, Ángel L. Guerrero, Sonia Herrero, Patricia Mulero, Irene Muñoz, María I. Pedraza, María L. Peñas, Esther Rojo, Dulce Campos and Rosa Fernández
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:471
  18. The objective of this study is to evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI) and migraine in general population Chinese cohort. This was a cross-sectional secondary analysis from a general populati...

    Authors: Shengyuan Yu, Ruozhuo Liu, Xiaosu Yang, Gang Zhao, Xiangyang Qiao, Jiachun Feng, Yannan Fang, Xiutang Cao, Mianwang He and Timothy J. Steiner
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:470
  19. Migraine is a painful and debilitating, neurovascular disease. Current migraine head pain treatments work with differing efficacies in migraineurs. The opioid system plays an important role in diverse biologic...

    Authors: S. Menon, R. A. Lea, B. Roy, M. Hanna, S. Wee, L. M. Haupt and L. R. Griffiths
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:468
  20. Widely accepted quality indicators for headache care would provide a basis not only for assessment of care but also, and more importantly, for its improvement. The objective of the study was to identify and su...

    Authors: Michele Peters, Suraj Perera, Elizabeth Loder, Crispin Jenkinson, Raquel Gil Gouveia, Rigmor Jensen, Zaza Katsarava and Timothy J. Steiner
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:466
  21. The objective of this study was to define “quality” of headache care, and develop indicators that are applicable in different settings and cultures and to all types of headache. No definition of quality of hea...

    Authors: Michele Peters, Crispin Jenkinson, Suraj Perera, Elizabeth Loder, Rigmor Jensen, Zaza Katsarava, Raquel Gil Gouveia, Susan Broner and Timothy Steiner
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:465
  22. Postherpetic neuralgia has been variably defined but is generally understood to be pain that persists for longer than a few months after an attack of herpes zoster. Pain persists for years in approximately 10 ...

    Authors: Jennifer Sayanlar, Nilufer Guleyupoglu, Russell Portenoy and Sait Ashina
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:467
  23. Authors: Vimal Kumar Paliwal, Prabhat Singh, Achal Kumar, Sushil Kumar Rahi and Rakesh Kumar Gupta
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:464
  24. Neuropsychological symptoms are rare in familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM). There are no reports of psychotic symptoms in FHM type 2 (ATP1A2). We examined a family with a FHM phenotype due to a M731T mutation in

    Authors: José Barros, Alexandre Mendes, Ilda Matos and José Pereira-Monteiro
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:462
  25. Migraine is a disabling neurological disease that affects 14.7 % of Europeans. Studies evaluating the economic impact of migraine are complex to conduct adequately and with time become outdated as healthcare s...

    Authors: L. M. Bloudek, M. Stokes, D. C. Buse, T. K. Wilcox, R. B. Lipton, P. J. Goadsby, S. F. Varon, A. M. Blumenfeld, Z. Katsarava, J. Pascual, M. Lanteri-Minet, P. Cortelli and P. Martelletti
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:460
  26. The aim of this retrospective study was to provide data on the clinical features and treatment outcomes of patients with NDPH (fulfilling Kung et al.’s criteria). A total of 63 patients were observed during a ...

    Authors: Sanjay Prakash, Samir Saini, Kaushikkumar Ramanlal Rana and Pinaki Mahato
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:461
  27. Parry-Romberg syndrome (PRS) is a rare condition manifesting with progressive hemifacial atrophy. Although reported PRS clinical disturbances include facial pain and recent studies raised the possibility that ...

    Authors: M. Falla, A. Biasiotta, G. Fabbrini, G. Cruccu and A. Truini
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:459
  28. Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) is associated with a high success rate and become an accepted alternative to surgical treatment. We describe here a case of a 35-year-old woman who presented...

    Authors: Yuji Kato, Daisuke Furuya, Hirotaka Ishido, Toshiki Kobayashi and Norio Tanahashi
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:458
  29. Headache is the most frequent presenting symptom of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), most commonly associated with other manifestations. It has been described as its only clinical presentation in 15 % of pati...

    Authors: Ângela Timóteo, Nuno Inácio, Sara Machado, Ana Amélia Pinto and Elsa Parreira
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:456
  30. The objective of the study was to compare the efficacy and safety of frovatriptan and almotriptan in women with menstrually related migraine (IHS Classification of Headache disorders) enrolled in a multicenter...

    Authors: Marco Bartolini, Maria Adelaide Giamberardino, Carlo Lisotto, Paolo Martelletti, Davide Moscato, Biagio Panascia, Lidia Savi, Luigi Alberto Pini, Grazia Sances, Patrizia Santoro, Giorgio Zanchin, Stefano Omboni, Michel D. Ferrari, Brigida Fierro and Filippo Brighina
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:455
  31. Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is associated with pain modulation and central sensitization. Recently, a role of BDNF in migraine and cluster headache pathophysiology has been suspected due to its kn...

    Authors: Marlene Fischer, Georg Wille, Stephanie Klien, Hind Shanib, Dagny Holle, Charly Gaul and Gregor Broessner
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:454
  32. This prospective observational study evaluates the validity of an algorithm for assigning patients to a multidisciplinary modularized managed care headache treatment program. N = 545 chronic headache sufferers [m...

    Authors: Thomas-Martin Wallasch and Christiane Hermann
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:453
  33. We report the case of a patient diagnosed as having cluster-tic syndrome as the initial manifestation of multiple sclerosis (MS). The patient’s headache bouts improved after treatment with antiepileptic drugs,...

    Authors: V. González-Quintanilla, A. Oterino, M. Toriello, C. de Pablos, Y. Wu, E. de Marco and J. Pascual
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:449
  34. We systematically reviewed the literature to evaluate the prevalence of phosphenes and the phosphene threshold (PT) values obtained during single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in adults with mi...

    Authors: Francesco Brigo, Monica Storti, Raffaele Nardone, Antonio Fiaschi, Luigi Giuseppe Bongiovanni, Frediano Tezzon and Paolo Manganotti
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:445
  35. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of migraine, alexithymia, and post-traumatic stress disorder among medical students at Cumhuriyet University of Sivas in Turkey. A total of 250 medical s...

    Authors: Hatice Balaban, Murat Semiz, İlteriş Ahmet Şentürk, Önder Kavakçı, Ziynet Çınar, Ayfer Dikici and Suat Topaktaş
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:452
  36. Hormonal changes related to the menstrual cycle have a great impact on migraines in women. Menstrual migraine attacks are almost invariably without aura. Categorizing migraines into menstrual or non-menstrual ...

    Authors: Jiann-Jy Chen, Yung-Chu Hsu and Dem-Lion Chen
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:450
  37. Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) type 1 is a rare monogenic dominant autosomal disease due to CACNA1A gene mutations. Besides the classical phenotype, mutations on CACNA1A gene are associated with a broader spe...

    Authors: Andrea Di Cristofori, Laura Fusi, Antonella Gomitoni, Giampiero Grampa and Anna Bersano
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:444
  38. Serum levels of N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA) may be considered a useful marker of neuronal functioning. We aimed to measure serum NAA in cohorts of migraine and tension-type headache patients versus controls, perform...

    Authors: Marina de Tommaso, Edmondo Ceci, Carmela Pica, Maria Trojano, Marianna Delussi, Giovanni Franco, Paolo Livrea and Maddalena Ruggieri
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:448
  39. The objective and background is to confirm in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study the high triptan response rates we had previously reported in an open study in migraine patients with unilateral cranial a...

    Authors: Piero Barbanti, Luisa Fofi, Valentina Dall’Armi, Cinzia Aurilia, Gabriella Egeo, Nicola Vanacore and Stefano Bonassi
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:440
  40. This paper systematically reviewed randomized clinical trials (RCT) assessing the efficacy of manual therapies for cervicogenic headache (CEH). A total of seven RCTs were identified, i.e. one study applied phy...

    Authors: Aleksander Chaibi and Michael Bjørn Russell
    Citation: The Journal of Headache and Pain 2012 13:436