What initiates a migraine attack? Conclusions from four longitudinal studies of quantitative EEG and steady-state visual-evoked potentials in migraineurs

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL. 191, 2011, Pages 56-63

  Bjork M ^a,b   Stovner, L J ^a,c   Hagen, K ^a,c   Sand, T ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Clinical; Cortical excitability; Migraine; Photophobia; QEEG; SSVEPs; Trigger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHOTOSTIMULATION; STEADY STATE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 79960067842     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2011.01545.x     Document Type: Article

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