title: Migraine and Puberty: Potential Susceptible Brain Sites.
abstract: Puberty is a sensitive and critical period for brain development. The relationship between developmental processes in the brain during puberty and the onset of migraine disease in relation to the potential sites of susceptibility in the brain remains largely unknown. There are few data on how such processes interact with each other in influencing the migraine onset during puberty or even later in adulthood. Focusing on the migraine brain during pubertal development may provide us with a "window of opportunity" both to better understand the mechanisms of the disease and, also more importantly, to effectively intervene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesia, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: nasim.maleki@childrens.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Nasim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maleki
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA; Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Vitaly
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Napadow
authors.affiliation: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Heath, MA.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Field
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D011627:Puberty; D012741:Sexual Maturation