Cluster headache and sleep, is there a connection? A review

Cephalalgia

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 481-491

  Barloese, M ^a   Jennum, P ^b   Knudsen, S ^c   Jensen, R ^a  

^a Danish Headache Center   (Denmark)

^b Danish Center for Sleep Medicine   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; hypothalamus; REM sleep; sleep; sleep apnoea

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HISTAMINE; LITHIUM; OREXIN;

AROUSAL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EPISODIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INCIDENCE; INSOMNIA; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NIGHT SLEEP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY;

CLUSTER HEADACHE; HUMANS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 84861814828     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102412441090     Document Type: Review

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