abstract background: dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system has long been a subject of considerable debate and a large number of studies have disclosed contradictory results. the aim of this study was to compare cerebral vasomotor reactivity in migraine with aura (mwa) patients with migraine without aura (mwo) ones. methods: ten mwa patients (7 females and 3 males mean age: 39.70 years, sd...

conclusions headaches, particularly migraine without aura, are a common occurrence in pregnancy in our population. migraine severity is positively associated with high blood glucose levels. results the headache prevalence during pregnancy was 69% in the women with diabetes and 64% in the women without diabetes. a positive unilateral distribution was observed in 51% of the cases and 36.3% of the...

objective this study was conducted to evaluate the preventive effect of lamotringine on migraine aura and migraine attacks in children, afflicted with classic migraine. material & methods conducted between october 2005 and april 2008 in the neurology clinic of kashani hospital,  shahrekord, this study was a clinical trial, aimed at evaluating the prophylactic effects of lamotringine administere...

The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) onboard the NASA EOS Aura spacecraft is a nadir viewing spectrometer that measures solar reflected and backscattered light in a selected range of the ultraviolet and visible spectrum. The instrument has a 2600 km wide viewing swath and it is capable of daily, global contiguous mapping. We have developed and implemented a surface ultraviolet irradiance algor...

The selectivity of our previously described gold-catalyzed tandem reaction, 1,2-indole migration followed by aura-iso-Nazarov cyclization, of 3-propargylindoles bearing (hetero)aromatic substituents at both the propargylic and terminal positions, was reversed by the proper choice of the catalyst and the reaction conditions. Thus, 3-(inden-2-yl)indoles, derived from an aura-Nazarov cyclization (...

background: migraine is a chronic disease that affects nearly 6% of men and 18% of women worldwide. there are various drugs, which can successfully decrease migraine symptoms and frequency of migraine attacks, but these drugs usually are expensive. hence, this study aimed to assess the effects of pyridoxine  supplementation on severity, frequency and duration of migraine attacks as well as head...

OBJECTIVE To describe the course of migraine without aura and migraine with aura during pregnancy and factors that could influence its course, among migraine sufferers before pregnancy. METHOD A cross sectional study undertaken at the IMIP, Brazil. Out of 686 consecutively assisted women, at the first postnatal week, 266 were identified as migraine sufferers before pregnancy. RESULTS There ...

In a retrospective study we evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA), an antiplatelet drug, in the prophylactic treatment of migraine with aura (MA). We reviewed the charts of 203 patients suffering from MA according to the ICHD II criteria, attending to Turin University Headache Centre. 95 subjects (46.8%) were treated with ASA at low dose, 108 (53.2%) with other p...

OBJECTIVE To identify the main characteristics of classic migraine, with specific regard to diagnostic criteria for manual therapy practitioners, including chiropractors and osteopaths. METHOD Ten case studies on migraine were reviewed for the symptoms and clinical features. RESULTS The majority of cases reviewed as classic migraines were in reality not correct diagnoses in accordance with ...