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Article

The Behavior of Migraine in Patients with Parkinson's Disease

by
Celmir de Oliveira Vilaça
1,
Marco Antonio Araujo Leite
1,*,
Jano Alves de Souza
2,
Marco Orsini
1,2,3,
João Santos Pereira
4 and
Clayton Amaral
1,2
1
Division of Neurology, Movement Disorders Unit, Antônio Pedro University Hospital, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói
2
Headache Research Sector, Antônio Pedro University Hospital, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói
3
Severino Sombra University Center, Medicine Department, Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro
4
Movement Disorders Section, Neurology Service, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Neurol. Int. 2015, 7(3), 6133; https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2015.6133
Submission received: 2 August 2015 / Revised: 5 September 2015 / Accepted: 12 November 2015 / Published: 31 December 2015

Abstract

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by the degeneration of dopaminergic systems in the central nervous system. In migraine it is supposed to occur hyperactivation of central dopaminergic pathways. We verified the hypothesis of improved migraine in patients who manifest PD. We evaluated 109 patients with PD over 40 years (57 men and 52 women) about the presence throughout the life of migraine, as well as the possibility of improvement in migraine after the onset of motor symptoms of PD. This group was compared to a control group of 152 people (41 men and 152 women) without PD regarding the presence of migraine and its improvement. Twenty-one patients manifested migraine in the group with PD (16 women and 5 men) in which 13 reported improvement in migraine after the onset of symptoms of PD. Among the controls, 37 interviewed had migraine history (32 women and 5 men) among which 20 showed improvement. There was no significant difference when comparing the two groups (χ21:0,05=0.337; P<0.382). We were unable to relate the improvement of migraine with the emergence of PD motor signs, despite the degeneration of dopaminergic pathways of the central nervous system.
Keywords: Parkinson's disease; migraine; dopamine Parkinson's disease; migraine; dopamine

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Vilaça, C.d.O.; Araujo Leite, M.A.; de Souza, J.A.; Orsini, M.; Pereira, J.S.; Amaral, C. The Behavior of Migraine in Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Neurol. Int. 2015, 7, 6133. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2015.6133

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Vilaça CdO, Araujo Leite MA, de Souza JA, Orsini M, Pereira JS, Amaral C. The Behavior of Migraine in Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Neurology International. 2015; 7(3):6133. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2015.6133

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Vilaça, Celmir de Oliveira, Marco Antonio Araujo Leite, Jano Alves de Souza, Marco Orsini, João Santos Pereira, and Clayton Amaral. 2015. "The Behavior of Migraine in Patients with Parkinson's Disease" Neurology International 7, no. 3: 6133. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2015.6133

APA Style

Vilaça, C. d. O., Araujo Leite, M. A., de Souza, J. A., Orsini, M., Pereira, J. S., & Amaral, C. (2015). The Behavior of Migraine in Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Neurology International, 7(3), 6133. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2015.6133

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