OBJECTIVE We evaluated the current evidence on the association between migraine, including aura status, and cervical artery dissection. METHODS We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies investigating the association between migraine or migraine subtypes (e.g. migraine with aura) and cervical artery dissection published through October 2010. RESULTS We identified five cas...

Here, we review our studies in rats of target recognition by developing cortical axons focusing on their innervation of the basilar pons, a major hindbrain target. The corticopontine projection develops by a 'delayed interstitial budding' of collaterals from layer 5 corticospinal axons, rather than by a direct ingrowth of primary axons or by bifurcation of the growth cone. Branches form de novo...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There have been inconsistencies on the prognosis and controversies as to the proper management of acute basilar artery dissection. The aim of this study was to evaluate acute basilar artery dissection and its outcome after management. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 21 patients (mean age, 53 years; range, 24-78 years) with acute basilar artery dissection were identifie...

PURPOSE Clinical observations suggest that psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (PNES) patients often have severe migraine, more severe than epilepsy patients. Investigations into migraine characteristics in patients with PNES are lacking. In this study we tested the hypothesis that, compared to epilepsy patients, PNES patients have more severe migraine, with more frequent and longer duration atta...

background: the sporadic type of hemiplegic migraine (hm) is sometimes observed among migrainous patients (mp) and mimics ischemic strokes. methods: in an evaluation of two-hundred consecutive adult mp in the mackenzie headache clinic, canada during 2004 , 9% of the patients met the criteria established by the international headache society for sporadic hm. female to male sex ratio, family hist...

headache is a common symptom that constitutes a major health problem to all countries in the world. this study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of migraine and tension -type headaches(tth), its associated occupational risk factors among shiraz hospitals staffs, and to report on clinical characteristics of migraine and tth with using the international headache society (ihs) diagnosis cri...

Background: Migraine and tension-type headache are primary headache disorders that occur during pregnancy. Most women with migraine improve during pregnancy. Some women have their first attack during pregnancy. Migraine can recur postpartum; it can also begin at that time. Women who have had menstrual migraine and migraine onset at menarche tend to experience no migraine during pregnancy. Not a...

The association between migraine and stroke is still a dilemma for neurologists. Migraine is associated with an increased stroke risk and it is considered an independent risk factor for ischaemic stroke in a particular subgroup of patients. The pathogenesis is still unknown even if several studies report some common biochemical mechanisms between these two diseases. A classification of migraine...

#### Notable in Neurology This Week This issue features an article that investigates the effects of changes to multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnostic criteria over time on treatment and outcome patients with clinically isolated syndrome; another compares characteristics perimenstrual nonperimenstrual migraine attacks women migraine. A review discusses main epilepsy phenotypes associated monogenic ...

The differential diagnosis for an acute hemiparesis in a child includes stroke, Todd paralysis, and hemiplegic migraine. In the context of an illustrative case, this review highlights the differences in clinical presentation among these entities and an approach to the diagnostic workup. Migraine with aura in children is reviewed, including migraine equivalents such as abdominal migraine and the...