Occipital transcranial direct current stimulation in episodic migraine patients: effect on cerebral perfusion.

ABSTRACT: Cerebral blood flow differs between migraine patients and healthy controls during attack and the interictal period. This study compares the brain perfusion of episodic migraine patients and healthy controls and investigates the influence of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the occipital cortex. We included healthy adult controls and episodic migraineurs. After a 28-day baseline period and the baseline visit, migraine patients received daily active or sham anodal tDCS over the occipital lobe for 28 days. All participants underwent a MRI scan at baseline; migraineurs were also scanned shortly after the stimulation period and about five months later. At baseline, brain perfusion of migraine patients and controls differed in several areas; among the stimulated areas,

SUBMITTER: Pohl H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10457373 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature