Changes of migraine aura with advancing age of patients.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Given the similar presentation of migraine aura and acute ischemic stroke, advancing patient age might change the characteristics of migraine with aura (MA) and be clinically important. Clinical data, however, are limited. Experimental studies indicate a decrease in the magnitude of cortical spreading depression (CSD), the pathophysiological correlate of migraine aura, with advancing age. Our study aimed to assess the influence of age on the clinical features of MA.

Methods

Three hundred and forty-three patients were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. The questions covered the headache characteristics and symptom types including the characteristics of the C-criterion, as defined by the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3^rd Edition.

SUBMITTER: Scutelnic A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10394819 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature