Lateralized effects of migraine and ANS seizures after closed head injury.
Theoretical issues associated with memory, neurocognitive and noradrenergic mechanisms in posttraumatic migraine and dysautonomic complex-partial seizure disorders are reviewed, compared and discussed. Additionally, pretreatment Contingent Negative Variation (CNV) was recorded in a No-GO/GO reaction-time paradigm for 15 normal, and 18 posttraumatic migraine and seizure patients tested not more than three months postinjury. Normals demonstrated that CNV GO and NO-GO responses significantly differed. In both migraine and seizure patients GO and NO-GO trials did not differ significantly. In uncontrolled trials, it was noted that B-Blocker administration increased the difference between GO and NO-GO trials for both migraine and seizure patients over midline leads.
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National Institute for Complementary Medicine, Manhasset, NY 11030.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011930:Reaction Time