Brain changes with migraines
The latest research from the Journal Neurology suggests repetitive migraine attacks may lead to or be the result of structural changes in the somatosensory cortex (SSC) of the brain.
This could explain the high correlation with other pain disorders observed in migraine patients.
The study showed that migraine patients had their SSC 21% thicker than those of non-migraine patients.
The study did not show correlation between clinical data including migraine duration, age at onset, frequency, and disease time span.
What this actually means for patients is still unclear, but it may help explain some of the symptoms that patients describe.
posted by Anonymous at 6:04 AM
1 Comments:
This is interesting, but as a lay person I need just a little clarification.
"This could explain the high correlation with other pain disorders observed in migraine patients."
Are you suggesting that the pain Migraine sufferers have elsewhere in the body is of a different character than that of a none Migraine patient?
What is the significance of the SSC being thicker? What does the SSC do in regards to pain?
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