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Migraine and Cluster Headache: Links Between Platelet Monoamine Oxidase Activity, Smoking and Personality
Author(s) -
Littlewood Julia T.,
Glover Vivette,
Sandler M.,
Petty R.,
Peatfield R.,
Rose F. Clifford
Publication year - 1984
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.1526-4610.1984.hed2401030.x
Subject(s) - cluster headache , monoamine oxidase , migraine , personality , incidence (geometry) , smoke , medicine , platelet , psychiatry , psychology , clinical psychology , anesthesia , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , enzyme , social psychology , physics , organic chemistry , optics
SYNOPSIS The incidence of smoking in a group of male cluster headache patients (95%) was significantly (P<0.001) greater than in a matched group of male migrainous patients (26%). Both groups had significantly lower platelet monoamine oxidase activity than controls. This finding may be connected genetically with certain personality characteristics, including predisposition to smoke. It is possible that migrainous patients smoke less than those with cluster headache because the process of smoking has a greater tendency to provoke their headache attacks.