Thicker Brain Cortex in Migraine Sufferers
February 29th, 2008 . by chubs
A recent US study published by Dr Nouchine Hadjikhani of The Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital in the November online issue of Neurology reveals that the cortex area of the brain is thicker in people who have migraines, although researchers have not yet determined whether the difference causes the migraine or having migraine over the years is the reason for the changes in the brain structure. Through the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Dr Hadjikhani and his team discovered that people who suffered from migraine had an average 21 per cent thicker SSCs and that the most important differences in cortical thickness were in the caudal (tail) SSC which processes sensations from the trigeminal area, the head and the face.
