Migraine, arousal and sleep deprivation: comment on: “sleep quality, arousal and pain thresholds in migraineurs: a blinded controlled polysomnographic study”

We discuss the hypothesis proposed by Engstrom and coworkers that Migraineurs have a relative sleep deprivation, which lowers the pain threshold and predispose to attacks. Previous data indicate that Migraineurs have a reduction of Cyclic Alternating Pattern (CAP), an essential mechanism of NREM sle...

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Main Authors: Vollono, Catello, Testani, Elisa, Losurdo, Anna, Mazza, Salvatore, Marca, Giacomo Della
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700761/