Publications by authors named "Anna Pujia"
Objectives: Activation of the trigeminovascular system and sensitisation of brainstem trigeminal nuclei are thought to play an important role in migraine. The aim of this study was to investigate the blink reflex and its habituation in patients with "chronic migraine".
Methods: We studied 35 patients suffering from "chronic migraine" (IHS classification criteria) outside and during a spontaneous attack, and 35 control subjects.
Objective: Activation of the trigemino-vascular system as well as of brainstem trigeminal nuclei are thought to play an important role in migraine. The aim of this study was to investigate the habituation phenomenon of the blink reflex in 30 headache-free migraine patients and 30 control subjects.
Methods: An electromyographic device with a specific habituation test program was used to elicit and record blink reflex responses on both the right and left sides, and to randomly repeat the stimulations at different time intervals in order to induce habituation.