Updating in Headache

ISBN-13: 9783540153184 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 331 str.

Volker Pfaffenrath; Per-Olov Lundberg; Ottar Sjaastad

Opis

In September 1983 the First International Headache Congress took place, the founding congress of the International Headache Society (lHS). This meeting was attended by around 200 headache specialists from some 20 countries. One of the principal goals of the IHS, which was formed in London in 1982, is to promote and stimulate interest and research in the headache field. In addition to the sponsorship of continued-education events, this also involves the coordination of scientific pro jects and the organization of future conferences. There is no doubt that headaches represent an everyday problem in medical practice. When the first headache clinics were established some years ago, they were regarded as very progressive. Today there are special outpatient centers and clinics for headache patients. However, this specialization has certainly not progressed very far. The fact is that differential diagnosis and treatment of recurrent and chron ic headaches represents a broad field that cuts across many disciplines. Headaches are thus relevant not only to the neurologist, but also to the psychiatrist, the neuro surgeon, the internist, the endocrinologist, the psychologist, the pharmacologist, and the biochemist. Despite intensive research in numerous and very disparate medical disciplines there are still no generally accepted pathophysiologic concepts for many headache syndromes. Realizing the importance of a multidisciplinary fo rum, the IHS assumed the organization of this congress in collaboration with the German Migraine Society."

Spis treści

Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania: Diagnosis and Treatment.- “Cervicogenic” Headache.- Atypical Frontoorbital Pain and Headache Due to Compression of Upper Cervical Roots.- Cervical Anterolateral Microsurgery for Headache.- Neurosurgical Treatment of Persistent Occipital Myalgia-Neuralgia Syndrome.- Trigeminal Cistern Glycerol Injections for Facial Pain.- Unilaterality of Headache.- Cerebral Dominance: Association with Immune Disorder, Migraine, and Learning Disorder.- Migraine Headache Lateralization by Cerebral Activity?.- Unilaterality of Headache and Focal Symptoms.- New Techniques in the Study of Headache.- Cervicomotography: A New Method for Measurement of Cervical Spine Movement.- Neuroradiological Evaluation of Headache.- Cerebral Blood Flow Changes in Migraine: Their Possible Correspondence to the Perfusion Changes of Spreading Cortical Depression.- Kinetics of 11C-Labeled Opiates Studied with Positron Emission Tomography in the Brain of the Rhesus Monkey.- Visual Evoked Potentials in Migraine.- Migraine Art.- Platelet Aggregabilitiy, Disaggregability, and Serotonin Uptake in Migraine.- Platelet 3H-Imipramine Binding in Patients with Classical Migraine.- Serotonin Metabolism by Platelets of Common Migraine Patients.- Coagulation, Fibrinolysis, and Platelet Function in Migraine Patients During Attack and in Headache-Free Period.- Effects of Different Doses of Acetylsalicylic Acid on Frequency of Migraine Attack, Platelet Prostaglandin Synthesis, and Platelet Aggregation.- Migraine, Mitral Valve Prolapse, and Platelet Aggregation.- Perivascular Nerves in Human Cerebral and Temporal Arteries Contain Neuropeptide Y, Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide, and Substance P.- Autonomie Function in Migraine Patients.- Effect of Ergotamine Tartrate on Extracranial Cerebral Vessels in Migraine. A Doppler Ultrasound Study.- Rheoencephalography with Nitroglycerin Test in Migraine.- Controlled Trial of Diet in Migraine Patients.- Ergotamine Headache.- Migraine Prognosis after Discontinuation of Prophylactic Therapy: Preliminary Study.- Migraine Prophylaxis.- The Pupil as a Tool in Clinical Pharmacology of Antimigraine Drugs as Ergotamine and Flunarizine.- Metoprolol, a Beta1-Selective Beta-Blocker, in Prophylactic Treatment of Migraine.- Naproxen Sodium in Prophylaxis of Migraine.- Incidence of Foreboded Migraine Attacks and Their Prevention with Domperidone.- Migraine Treatment in a Headache Clinic: Use of Computerized Patient Register.- Headaches and Acupuncture.- Physiologic Feedback and Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Migraine: A 10-Year Follow-Up.- Endocrinology of Headache. A Review.- Growth Hormone and Prolactin Release in Migraine Patients.- Hallmarks of Deficient Endogenous Opioid Homeostasis: Migraine Attack as a Quasi Self (Endorphin) Acute Abstinence.- Enkephalinase Activity in Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid in Primary Headache.- Lack of ?-Endorphin and ?-Lipotropin Circadian Rhythmicity in Episodic Cluster Headache: A Model for Chronopathology.- Emergence of Pain and Extrapain Phenomena from Dopaminomimetics in Migraine.- Erythrocyte Choline Levels in Cluster Headache.- Unilateral Impairment of Pupillary Responsiveness to Noxious Stimulation of Sural Nerve in Episodic Cluster Headache.- Dysautonomic Iris in Cluster Headache: A Genetic Marker of Vegetative Lateralization?.- Cutaneous Responsiveness to Histamine in Cluster Headache.- Somatostatin for Cluster Headache Attacks.- Serum Gastrin Levels in Cluster Headache and Migraine Attacks.- Indomethacin Does Not Inhibit Nitroglycerin-Provoked Cluster Headache Attack.- Tension-Muscle Contraction Headache. A Review.