Increased interictal visual network connectivity in patients with migraine with aura
Conclusions
Our imaging data revealed that patients with migraine with aura exhibit an altered resting-state visual network connectivity. These results support the hypothesis of an extrastriate cortex involvement, centred in the lingual gyrus, a brain region related to mechanisms underlying the initiation and propagation of the migraine aura. This resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging finding may represent a functional biomarker that could differentiate patients experiencing the aura phenomenon from patients with migraine without aura, even between migraine attacks.
Source: Cephalalgia - Category: Neurology Authors: Tedeschi, G., Russo, A., Conte, F., Corbo, D., Caiazzo, G., Giordano, A., Conforti, R., Esposito, F., Tessitore, A. Tags: February 2016 36 (2) Original Articles Source Type: research