title: The painful muse: migrainous artistic archetypes from visual cortex.
abstract: Neurological diseases which constituted traditionally obstacles to artistic creation can, in the case of migraine, be transformed by the artists into a source of inspiration and artistic production. These phenomena represent a chapter of a broader embryonic neurobiology of painting.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Department, Cardinal Massaia Hospital, Via Conte Verde 125, 14100, Asti, Italy, marco.aguggia@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aguggia
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grassi
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D010151:Paintings; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*