Contingent Negative Variation in Headache

Adult; Contingent Negative Variation; Electrophysiology; Female; Habituation, Psychophysiologic; Headache/physiopathology/psychology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Migraine Disorders/physiopathology/psychology; Stress, Psychological/physiopathology

Abstract :

[en] Contingent negative variation (CNV), an event-related slow cerebral potential, was analyzed in 79 consecutive headache patients. Compared to normal controls (n = 33), CNV did not differ in tension headache (n = 21) or in combined headaches with a predominant tension component (n = 13). The mean amplitude of CNV was significantly (p less than 0.001) increased in migraine (n = 29) as well as in combined headache with predominant migraine (n = 16). All migraineurs were studied between attacks and without prophylactic treatment. CNV may be a useful diagnostic test in headache. Its increased amplitude in migraine might reflect central catecholaminergic hyperactivity.

Disciplines :

Neurosciences & behavior
Neurology

Author, co-author :

MAERTENS DE NOORDHOUT, Alain ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Neurologie CHR

Timsit-Berthier, Martine ; Université de Liège - ULiège

Timsit, Meyer ; Université de Liège - ULiège

SCHOENEN, Jean ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Neurologie CHR

Language :

English

Title :

Contingent Negative Variation in Headache

Publication date :

1986

Journal title :

Annals of Neurology

ISSN :

0364-5134

eISSN :

1531-8249

Publisher :

Wiley Liss, New York, United States - New York

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

78-80

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