Cerebral hemisphere function and laterality of migraine.
We report preliminary findings of a study exploring the hypothesis that migraine is the experience of a protective cerebrovascular mechanism arising in response to unilateral cerebral information overload. The necessary population to be studied, namely those with exclusive one-sided migraine, proved to be rare. The measures of cerebral hemisphere function were the verbal and non-verbal scales of Wechsler's Adult Intelligence Scale. Preliminary results suggest that it is worthwhile continuing to explore the notion using additional and more sophisticated measures.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001143:Arousal; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012306:Risk; D014888:Wechsler Scales