Department of Neurology, Taipei Municipal Gandau Hospital, and Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Can J Neurol Sci. 2011 Mar;38(2):309-16. doi: 10.1017/s0317167100011525.
An abnormal central nervous system excitability level was found in patients with migraine. Whether it is hyper- or hypo-excitable is still debated. This study aimed to compare the somatosensory high-frequency oscillations (HFOs), which reflected subcortical excitability (early phase) and intracortical inhibition (late phase), between patients with migraine and control subjects.
HFOs were recorded from C3'-Fz, using a 500-1000 Hz frequency filter after stimulation at right median nerves at the wrists, and divided into early and late phases based on the N20 peak. Fifty-nine untreated patients (n=24 during ictal period; n=35, interictal) and 22 controls finished the study.
In early HFOs, patients both during ictal and interictal periods had higher maximal amplitudes (p=0.039) and area-under-curve (p=0.029) than those of the controls. Regarding the late HFOs, there were no significant differences among these groups.
Our study suggests a hyper-excitable state in the subcortical regions in patients with migraine both during interictal and ictal periods.
偏头痛患者的中枢神经系统兴奋性水平异常。其是兴奋过高还是过低仍存在争议。本研究旨在比较偏头痛患者和对照组之间的体感高频振荡(HFOs),这反映了皮质下兴奋性(早期)和皮质内抑制(晚期)。
使用腕部正中神经刺激,在 C3'-Fz 处记录 HFOs,使用 500-1000 Hz 频率滤波器进行滤波,并根据 N20 峰将其分为早期和晚期。59 名未经治疗的患者(发作期 24 名;间歇期 35 名)和 22 名对照者完成了研究。
在早期 HFOs 中,发作期和间歇期患者的最大振幅(p=0.039)和曲线下面积(p=0.029)均高于对照组。至于晚期 HFOs,这些组之间没有显著差异。
我们的研究表明,偏头痛患者在发作期和间歇期的皮质下区域均处于超兴奋状态。