Pathophysiology of cluster headache : From the trigeminovascular system to the cerebral networks

BACKGROUND: Despite advances in neuroimaging and electrophysiology, cluster headache's pathogenesis remains unclear. This review will examine clinical neurophysiology studies, including electrophysiological and functional neuroimaging, to determine if they might help us construct a neurophysiological model of cluster headache.

RESULTS: Clinical, biochemical, and electrophysiological research have implicated the trigeminal-parasympathetic system in cluster headache pain generation, although the order in which these two systems are activated, which may be somewhat independent, is unknown. Electrophysiology and neuroimaging have found one or more central factors that may cause seasonal and circadian attacks. The well-known posterior hypothalamus, with its primary circadian pacemaker suprachiasmatic nucleus, the brainstem monoaminergic systems, the midbrain, with an emphasis on the dopaminergic system, especially when cluster headache is chronic, and the descending pain control systems appear to be involved. Functional connection investigations have verified electrophysiological evidence of functional changes in distant brain regions connecting to wide cerebral networks other than pain.

CONCLUSION: We propose that under the impact of external time, an inherited misalignment between the primary circadian pacemaker suprachiasmatic nucleus and other secondary extra- suprachiasmatic nucleus clocks may promote disturbance of the body's internal physiological clock, lowering the threshold for bout recurrence.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache - 44(2024), 2 vom: 28. Feb., Seite 3331024231209317

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Coppola, Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Abagnale, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Sebastianelli, Gabriele [VerfasserIn]
Goadsby, Peter J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cerebral networks
Electrophysiology
Functional connectivity
Journal Article
Pain
Review
Suprachiasmatic nucleus

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Date Completed 29.02.2024

Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/03331024231209317

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369055616