Cortical Reorganisation in Patients With Primary Headache Disorders

Danish Headache Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Migraine Without Aura; Chronic Tension-Type Headache

Treatments: Device: EEC-techniques

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00263991

KA 05085

Details and patient eligibility

About

Primary headache disorders are now accepted as physiological diseases, and advanced imaging-techniques have demonstrated a migraine generator in the brain stem and increased stimulus sensitivity in these patients. The underlying neuronal dysfunctions remain to to clarified and the existing neurophysiological methods have not yet been useful. More sensitive and reliable methods are therefore highly needed. The aims of the study are therefore to develop a sensitive and reliable method to demonstrate a cortical reorganisation and expansion of pain sensitive cortical areas in patients with migraine or tension-type headache.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis og migraine without aura or chronic tension-type headache

Exclusion criteria

• serious somatic or psychiatric diseases including depression
• overuse of analgesics
• regular intake of opiates or benzodiazepines
• intake of prophylactic headache medication
• pregnancy