title: Carbon dioxide level as a migraine threshold factor: hypothesis and possible solutions.
abstract: Cerebral blood flow is highly sensitive to carbon dioxide (CO2) level changes. The existence of a migraine threshold to the CO2 air concentration is hypothesized. Decreasing the CO2 concentration in living and working environments may inhibit attacks which start during sleep, and prolong the migraine-free period. Carbon dioxide absorption characteristics by green plants, or by artificial means, are evaluated as non-drug long-term therapy methods.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Schwarzberg
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008954:Models, Biological; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide