title: Migraine and cognition in children: a controlled study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluate the cognitive functions of children with migraine and compare them to A control group.
  
  
  METHODS
  30 migraineur children and 30 control group children without migraine, age ranging from 8 to 12 years old, were subjected to a cognitive functions assessment with Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISCIII).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although both groups had a normal cognitive performance, children with migraine had significantly worse scores compared to the control group in the subtests of Information, Arithmetic, Vocabulary, Object Assembly and in the Indexes of Perceptual Organization, Resistance to Distraction and Processing Speed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children with migraine had impairment in some cognitive functions such as attention, memory, information speed, and perceptual organization compared to the control group.
authors.affiliation: Division of Investigation and Treatment of Headaches, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. andmout@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Andréa Regina Correa
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Moutran
authors.forename: Thaís Rodrigues
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: Luciana Aparecida Sobirai
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Maria Helena da Silva
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Noffs
authors.forename: Mariana Machado Pereira
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Alberto Alain
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gabbai
authors.forename: Deusvenir de Souza
authors.initials: Dde S
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014888:Wechsler Scales