title: Multisensory integration in migraine.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Migraine attacks consist of head pain and hypersensitivities to somatosensory, visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli. Investigating how the migraine brain simultaneously processes and responds to multiple incoming stimuli may yield insights into migraine pathophysiology and migraine symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The presence and intensity of hypersensitivity to one stimulus type are positively associated with the presence and intensity of hypersensitivities to other stimuli and to headache intensity. Furthermore, exposure to visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli can trigger migraine attacks. These relationships suggest a role for multisensory integration in migraine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Multisensory integration of somatosensory, visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli by the migraine brain may be an important concept for understanding migraine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona 85054, USA. schwedt.todd@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Todd J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Schwedt
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055696:Olfactory Perception; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*