The occipital alpha rhythm related to the "migraine cycle" and headache burden: A blinded, controlled longitudinal study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 464-471

  Bjork M H ^a   Stovner, L J ^a,b   Nilsen, B M ^a,b   Stjern, M ^a,b   Hagen, K ^a,b   Sand, T ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alpha peak frequency; Attack duration; Headache; Migraine duration; Preattack; QEEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; COST OF ILLNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949221574     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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