Migraine and headaches

Les autres traitements de la migraine

Other treatments for migraine

There are a multitude of treatments used in migraine prophylaxis, but few of them have been properly evaluated methodologically. 1. Angiotensin II converting enzyme inhibitors...
Comprendre la migraine : le rôle des récepteurs TRP

Understanding migraine: the role of TRP receptors

TRP receptors were discovered only about ten years ago. Divided into several subfamilies, TRP receptors govern cellular behavior following a stimulus. Some of them, TRP-A1,...
Le traitement de fond de la migraine

Basic treatment for migraine

The main objective of basic treatment , also called prophylactic treatment, is to reduce the frequency of attacks, then their intensity. It is therefore not...
Le traitement de crise non spécifique de la migraine

Non-specific migraine attack treatment

The purpose of migraine attack treatment is to reduce the intensity and duration of the attack when it occurs. There are specific treatments (ie developed...
La coenzyme Q10 & le magnésium pour la migraine

Coenzyme Q10 & Magnesium for Migraine

Coenzyme Q10 There are other arguments supporting the idea of ​​mitochondrial damage in the pathophysiology of migraines: monoamine oxidase, succinate dehydrogenase, NADH dehydrogenase (which works...
Le dysfonctionnement mitochondrial impliqué dans les migraines

Mitochondrial dysfunction implicated in migraines

In the 1930s, it was suggested that migraine was associated with a decrease in blood sugar (Gray et al. 1935). Despite this hypothesis of the...
Dépression corticale envahissante : origine de l'aura migraineuse

Invasive cortical depression: origin of migraine aura

Pervasive cortical depression: the origin of migraine aura? Pervasive cortical depression is probably the cause of the migraine aura. The more research advances, the more...
Glycémie, migraine et diabète : un lien à établir

Glucose influences migraine. Hypoglycemia and diabetes

Le lien entre glycémie, migraine et diabète révèle des pistes intéressantes pour comprendre et prévenir les crises migraineuses grâce à une alimentation adaptée. ...
Hypothèse vasculaire des crises de migraines

Vascular hypothesis of migraine attacks

Many debates on the origin of headache: the vascular theory The vascular theory of migraine attacks has been debated for a very long time. During...
La sérotonine impliquée dans la migraine

Serotonin implicated in migraine

Serotonin and migraine Various studies have implicated serotonin in migraine. Serotonin constricts nerve endings and blood vessels and thus affects pain. The team of Comings...
Les voies descendantes de la douleur

The descending paths of pain

Part 3 - Neuro-vascular hypothesis The descending paths of pain The descending pain pathways (figure 3) make it possible to modulate the nociceptive response, either...
Altération du complexe sensitif du trijumeau et des voies ascendantes

Alteration of the trigeminal sensory complex and ascending pathways

Part 2 - Neurovascular hypothesis: Alteration of the trigeminal sensory complex and ascending pathways A. Sensitization of the trigeminal sensory complex When sensitization of the...
L'hypothèse neuro-vasculaire pour expliquer les céphalées

The neurovascular hypothesis to explain headaches

1. Periphery: neurogenic inflammation, sensitization of nociceptors For a long time, several theories described migraine as a vascular disorder with headache attributed solely to the...
Le PACAP & VIP des neuropeptides de l'inflammation

The PACAP & VIP of inflammatory neuropeptides

The adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a neuropeptide involved in migraine discovered in 1989, thanks to its ability to stimulate the formation of cAMP...
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Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide CGRP in Migraine

Discovery of CGRP In 1985, researchers discovered that something called CGRP could be linked to migraines. CGRP is a hormone that helps control calcium in...
Les voies ascendantes de la douleur

The ascending paths of pain

Nociceptive information from the meninges and their vessels is relayed via ascending pathways , from the trigeminal sensory complex to the brainstem and diencephalon (Figure...
Anatomie du système trigémino-vasculaire

Anatomy of the trigeminovascular system

The trigemino-vascular system, its role in migraine In a few simple words: The trigeminovascular system is an essential component in the pathophysiology of migraine ....
Les complications de la migraine

Migraine Complications

Chronic headaches : It occurs in a migraine patient whose headache is present for 15 days or more per month, for more than 3 months...
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