Neuropsychological and Neuropsychiatric Features of Chronic Migraine Patients during the Interictal Phase.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to examine the presence of neuropsychological deficits and their relationships with clinical, pharmacological, and neuropsychiatric characteristics in chronic migraine (CM) patients assessed during a headache-free period. We enrolled 39 CM patients (mean age: 45.4 years; male/female ratio: 3/36) and 20 age-, sex-, and education-matched healthy controls (HCs, mean age: 45.5 years; male/female ratio: 2/18) in a case-control study. All CM patients underwent a full and extensive clinical, neuropsychiatric, and neuropsychological evaluation to evaluate cognitive domains, including sustained attention (SA), information processing speed (IPS), visuospatial episodic memory, working memory (WM), and verbal fluency (VF), as well as depressive and anxiety symptoms. CM patients exhibi

SUBMITTER: Lozano-Soto E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9864628 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature