Impaired brainstem and thalamic high-frequency oscillatory EEG activity in migraine between attacks

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: We investigated whether interictal thalamic dysfunction in migraine without aura (MO) patients is a primary determinant or the expression of its functional disconnection from proximal or distal areas along the somatosensory pathway. METHODS: Twenty MO patients and twenty healthy volunteers (HVs) underwent an electroencephalographic (EEG) recording during electrical stimulation of the median nerve at the wrist. We used the functional source separation algorithm to extract four functionally constrained nodes (brainstem, thalamus, primary sensory radial, and primary sensory motor tangential parietal sources) along the somatosensory pathway. Two digital filters (1-400 Hz and 450-750 Hz) were applied in order to extract low- (LFO) and high- frequency (HFO) oscillatory activity from the broadband signal. RESULTS: Compared to HVs, patients presented significantly lower brainstem (BS) and thalamic (Th) HFO activation bilaterally. No difference between the two cortical HFO as well as in LFO peak activations between the two groups was seen. The age of onset of the headache was positively correlated with HFO power in the right brainstem and thalamus. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides evidence for complex dysfunction of brainstem and thalamocortical networks under the control of genetic factors that might act by modulating the severity of migraine phenotype.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0333102416657146
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Psychology
College of Health & Life Sciences
College of Health & Life Sciences > Clinical and Systems Neuroscience
College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Institute of Health & Neurodevelopment (AIHN)
Uncontrolled Keywords: brainstem,electroencephalography (EEG),functional source separation (FSS),High-frequency oscillations (HFOs),migraine,thalamus,Clinical Neurology
Publication ISSN: 1468-2982
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2024 08:17
Date Deposited: 12 Jul 2016 13:20
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2017-09
Published Online Date: 2016-06-29
Accepted Date: 2016-05-31
Authors: Porcaro, Camillo
di Lorenzo, Giorgio
Seri, Stefano (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-9247-8102)
Pierelli, Francesco
Tecchio, Franca
Coppola, Gianluca

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