Sensitization of trigeminal nociception specific for migraine but not pain of sinusitis.
case_control · Level III
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Abstract
Trigeminal pain processing was studied in 14 patients with unilateral migraine attacks and 14 age- and sex-matched patients with comparable unilateral headache from frontal sinusitis. Using a nociception-specific blink reflex method (nBR), a facilitation of nBR responses predominantly on the headache side was observed in migraine, but not in sinusitis. The facilitation of trigeminal nociception may be specific for migraine rather than a consequence of peripheral pain such as frontal sinusitis.
Medical subject headings
- Frontal Sinusitis
- Migraine Disorders
- Nociceptors
- Trigeminal Nerve