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Different SEP recovery cycle in adolescent migraineurs with exploding or imploding pain.

Elisa Iacovelli¹, Samuela Tarantino, Alessandro Capuano

¹Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale dell'Università 30, 00185 Rome, Italy.

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Adolescent migraine patients with imploding pain (IP) show impaired cortical inhibition compared to those with exploding pain (EP). Brain excitability differences in migraineurs correlate with anger expression, suggesting distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.

Keywords:

AX-Con AX-IN AX-OUT AX/EX Anger Anger Expression-Control Anger Expression-In Anger Expression-Out CS EP Exploding pain ICDHD-2 IP Imploding pain International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd edition Migraine Psychiatric scales for self-administration for youths and adolescents SA SAFA STAXI Somatosensory evoked potentials State Trait Anger Expression Inventory State-Anger TA Trait-Anger control subjects exploding pain general expression of anger imploding pain

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Pediatric Neurology

Background:

Migraine is a common neurological disorder in adolescents.
Cortical excitability may differ based on migraine pain characteristics.
Understanding these differences can elucidate underlying pathophysiology.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate cortical excitability differences in adolescent migraineurs with imploding pain (IP) versus exploding pain (EP).
To explore the relationship between cortical excitability, anger expression, and anxiety in these patient groups.

Main Methods:

Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) recovery cycle measured in 10 IP, 10 EP migraine adolescents, and 13 controls.
Interstimulus intervals of 5, 20, and 40 ms used for SEP assessment.
Anger expression, anxiety, and somatic concerns evaluated in migraine patients.

Main Results:

Migraineurs exhibited a shorter SEP recovery cycle than controls.
Adolescents with IP showed a significantly shorter recovery cycle of the frontal N30 SEP component compared to EP patients.
Opposite correlations were observed between N30 recovery cycle and Trait-Anger scores in IP and EP groups.

Conclusions:

Adolescent migraineurs with IP have more impaired cortical inhibitory mechanisms than those with EP.
Distinct pathophysiological mechanisms may underlie IP and EP migraine presentations.
Brain excitability and anger expression show divergent relationships in IP versus EP migraineurs.