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Transient global amnesia and migraine. A case control study

K Schmidtke1, L Ehmsen

  • 1Department of Neurology and Research Program in Neuropsychology and Neurolinguistics, University of Freiburg, Germany. schmidtk@nzll.ukl.uni-freiburg.de

European Neurology
|August 7, 1998
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Transient global amnesia (TGA) and migraine are more common together than expected. However, these conditions appear independent, likely stemming from a shared inherited brain state predisposing to neurological events.

Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Neuroscience
  • Headache Medicine

Background:

  • Investigating the relationship between transient global amnesia (TGA) and migraine is crucial for understanding neurological disorders.
  • Previous hypotheses suggested TGA might be a form of migraine aura or equivalent, necessitating further research into their association.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the potential association between transient global amnesia (TGA) and migraine.
  • To compare TGA patients with migraine to those without migraine and to a control group with migraine only.
  • To determine if TGA and migraine are independent conditions or if one influences the other.

Main Methods:

  • A case-control study comparing 57 TGA patients with a control group twice their size.
  • Subgroup analyses included TGA patients with and without migraine, and a separate control group of migraine-only outpatients.

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  • Assessment of migraine prevalence, headache types, TGA precipitants, and vegetative symptoms.

    • Main Results:

    • Migraine and episodic tension-type headache prevalence were significantly increased in TGA patients.
    • Overlapping precipitants and vegetative symptoms were observed between TGA and migraine.
    • No evidence of interaction was found; TGA features were unaffected by migraine comorbidity, and vice versa.

    Conclusions:

    • Findings do not support the hypothesis that TGA is a type of migraine aura or equivalent.
    • The results suggest TGA and migraine are independent conditions.
    • Both conditions may arise from an inherited brain state predisposing to distinct paroxysmal dysregulations, potentially in the brain stem.