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Spatial aspects of pain modulation are not disrupted in adolescents with migraine.

Hadas Nahman-AverbuchPriya L ThomasVictor J SchneiderLeigh Ann ChamberlinJames L PeughAndrew D HersheyScott W PowersRobert C CoghillChristopher D King
Published in: Headache (2020)
This study found altered ascending nociceptive processing of mechanical stimuli at the neck in adolescents with migraine. However, endogenous pain modulatory mechanisms were functional and not altered. In light of other studies, impairments in inhibitory control may not be involved in migraine pathophysiology in pediatric patients regardless of stimulus location.
Keyphrases
  • neuropathic pain
  • chronic pain
  • young adults
  • pain management
  • physical activity
  • spinal cord
  • resting state
  • pulmonary artery
  • functional connectivity
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension