Prevalence of cranial autonomic parasympathetic symptoms in chronic migraine: Usefulness of a new scale

Conclusion
These results, by using for the first time an easy quantitative scale, confirm that (mild) CAPS are not the exception but the rule in CM patients. The score in this CAPS scale could be of help as a further endpoint in clinical trials or to be correlated with potential biomarkers of parasympathetic activation in primary headaches.

Source: Cephalalgia - April 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Riesco, N., Perez-Alvarez, A. I., Verano, L., Garcia-Cabo, C., Martinez-Ramos, J., Sanchez-Lozano, P., Cernuda-Morollon, E., Pascual, J. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research