title: Quantitative EEG in children with headache.
abstract: The object of this work is to determine if Brain Mapping can reveal significant differences between a normal control group and a group whose members suffer from one of three types of headache: tension-type, migraine with aura and migraine without aura. Both groups were formed by children aged between 6 and 14; the latter were undergoing no treatment and were in a headache-free phase. Results demonstrate that there are no significant differences between the control group and the tension-type headache group. Neither were differences found in migraine without aura group but in migraine with aura there was an increase of the theta/alpha ratio in the temporal posterior and occipital zones. This ratio could be used as a neurophysiological indicator in the evolution of the migraine with aura pathology.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Neurophysiology Service, Miguel Servet Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Valdizán
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andreu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Almárcegui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olivito
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000513:Alpha Rhythm; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D013826:Theta Rhythm