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Metabolic Changes During the Prodrome of a Migraine Headache
Author(s) -
Benson Herbert,
Greenwood Martha M.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1978.h1706248.x
Subject(s) - prodrome , migraine , medicine , heart rate , metabolic rate , anesthesia , blood pressure , psychiatry , psychosis
SUMMARY The continuous measurement of oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide elimination and heart rate were serendipitously recorded during the prodrome of a migraine headache. Mean oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide elimination decreased by 17% and 35%, respectively. Paradoxically, heart rate increased by 41% during the prodrome. It is not known whether these physiologic changes are primary or secondary to the prodrome of the migraine headache.