[Neurophysiological assessment of afferent-efferent interaction in the trigeminal-cervical system in patients with...

We carried out the neurophysiological assessment of functional state of the trigeminal-cervical system and studied peculiarities of afferent-efferent interaction in patients with the most frequent variants of secondary headaches: chronic posttraumatic headaches, cervicogenic headaches, vascular headaches and painful dysfunction of temporomandibular articulation. According to the results of neurophysiological studies (somatosensory, trigeminal evoked potentials, blink reflex and stimulation EMG of masticatory muscles), the functional activity of the trigeminal system in patients with secondary headaches changes less significantly compared to patients with primary headaches. In most secondary headaches, the reflex activity of the trigeminal system and the EMG activity of masticatory muscles are determined by the functional state of spinal and brainstem structures.