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Migraine Biology, Diagnosis, and Co-Morbidities

  • 1st Edition, Volume 198 - November 30, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Jerry W. Swanson, Manjit Matharu
  • Language: English

Migraine Biology, Diagnosis, and Co-Morbidities, Volume 198 covers a wide range of issues related to migraine. The epidemiology, global, and personal impacts of migraine are cover… Read more

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Migraine Biology, Diagnosis, and Co-Morbidities, Volume 198 covers a wide range of issues related to migraine. The epidemiology, global, and personal impacts of migraine are covered, including topics on the pathophysiology of migraine and migraine aura, the pathophysiology of the associated symptoms of photophobia and phonophobia, and the genetics of migraine. The classification and diagnostic criteria of common and uncommon subtypes of migraine are also explored in detail, including childhood variants. Issues related to the diagnosis and management of vestibular migraine and the co-morbid disorder of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness are also covered.

Finally, the important comorbidities of migraine such as anxiety, depression and other forms of chronic pain are discussed, along with the current state and future directions of migraine research and management.

Key features

  • Summarizes research and clinical information on the pathophysiology of migraines
  • Explores the pathophysiology of aura, photophobia, and phonophobia
  • Discusses migraine triggers
  • Reviews migraine subtypes and comorbid conditions in migraine
  • Explores the relationship of migraine to chronic pain and cerebrovascular and psychological conditions
  • Concludes with future directions in migraine research and treatment

Readership

Clinical neurologists

Table of contents

Section I. Migraine: The Human and Societal Impact

1. History of migraine

2. Societal and personal impact of migraine

3. Epidemiology of migraine

Section II. Biology of Migraine

4. The anatomy of head pain

5. Migraine headache pathophysiology

6. Pathophysiology of migraine aura

7. Genetics of Migraine: delineation of contemporary understanding of the genetic underpinning of migraine

8. What imaging has revealed about migraine and chronic migraine

9. What has neurophysiology revealed about migraine and chronic migraine

10. Migraine prodromes and migraine triggers

Section III. Migraine Diagnosis

11. Migraine without aura

12. Migraine with aura

13. Chronic migraine and medication overuse

Section IV. Episodic Syndromes That May Be Associated with Migraine

14. Infantile colic

15. Abdominal migraine and cyclical vomiting syndrome

16. Alternating hemiplegia of childhood

17. Benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood

18. Benign paroxysmal torticollis

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 198
  • Published: March 12, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Jerry W. Swanson

Jerry W. Swanson, MD, is a consultant in the Department of Neurology and Professor of Neurology in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Dr. Swanson received his medical degree from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. He completed a neurology residency at Mayo Clinic. He earned the Master of Health Professions degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has been on the staff of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., since 1982. He is former chair of the Headache Division in the Department of Neurology and founding director of the headache medicine fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Dr. Swanson is board-certified in Neurology and in the subspecialty of Headache Medicine. He has written extensively about headache and other neurologic disorders. Swanson has made more than 100 presentations at national and international meetings, published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles, and numerous book chapters; he is an associate editor for the journal Headache and is a neurology editor for MayoClinic.com, a leading site for health information for the public. He has co-edited two books including The Mayo Clinic on Headache, a highly praised book for the lay public. He is a neurology editor for MayoClinic.com and is the headache topic editor and neurology editor-in-chief for UpToDate. He was a founding member for the UCNS Headache Medicine examination committee and is currently serving another term on the committee. He was the founding director of the Headache Medicine fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Dr. Swanson has served in several leadership roles in the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society and was a member of the International Headache Congress scientific program committee. He has been the recipient of the Mayo Medical School Dean’s Recognition Award.
Affiliations and expertise
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, United States

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Manjit Matharu

Dr. Manjit Matharu is a Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London. He received a BSc (First Class Honours) University of Manchester and MB, ChB (Honours Degree) University of Manchester. He earned a PhD at the University of London. He completed his residency in Neurology at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Royal London Hospital and Homerton Hospital in London in 2007. Dr Matharu’s major research interests include functional and structural imaging in Primary headaches, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias and neurostimulation for intractable headaches. He has authored over 100 scientific papers. Dr. Matharu is the clinical and academic lead of the Headache Group at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, which is widely recognized as one of the foremost Headache Centers worldwide. He has lectured on headache topics both domestically and internationally.
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom

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