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Wei-Ta Chen¹, Yung-Yang Lin, Jong-Ling Fuh

¹School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Peitou, Taipei 112, Taiwan.

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Persistent visual aura, a rare migraine, shows sustained visual cortex hyperexcitability. This magnetoencephalography study reveals unique brain activity patterns, distinguishing it from other migraine types.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Neurology
Migraine Pathophysiology

Background:

Persistent aura without infarction is a rare migraine disorder characterized by prolonged aura symptoms without cerebral infarction.
Understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms of persistent aura is crucial for its accurate diagnosis and management within the migraine spectrum.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate and characterize visual cortex excitability in patients with persistent visual aura using magnetoencephalography (MEG).
To compare the visual cortex excitability patterns of persistent aura with those of episodic migraine and chronic migraine patients, as well as healthy controls.

Main Methods:

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) was employed to measure neuromagnetic responses in the visual cortex.
Visual cortex excitability was assessed by analyzing the dynamic changes in prominent 100 ms responses over sequential stimulation blocks.
Participants included patients with persistent visual aura, episodic migraine (ictal and interictal phases), chronic migraine, and healthy controls.

Main Results:

Patients with persistent aura exhibited significant potentiation during ictal periods, indicating heightened visual cortex excitability.
A significant inverse correlation was found between visual cortex excitability changes and the duration of aura persistence.
Persistent aura demonstrated distinct excitability patterns compared to episodic and chronic migraine, notably sustained hyperexcitability without significant dynamic modulation.

Conclusions:

The unique magnetoencephalographic findings support persistent visual aura as a distinct nosological entity within migraine spectrum disorders.
The observed steady-state hyperexcitability suggests a pathophysiological link to sustained excitatory effects, potentially involving reverberating cortical spreading depression.