The Migraine Brain: Imaging Structure and Function

Borsook, David; May, Arne; Goadsby, Peter J.; Hargreaves, Richard

ISBN 10: 019975456X / ISBN 13: 9780199754564

Published by Oxford University Press, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Migraine Brain: Imaging Structure and Function
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019975456X
• ISBN 13: 9780199754564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The Migraine Brain, edited by David Borsook, Arne May, Peter J. Goadsby, and Richard Hargreaves, makes a major contribution to the field, addressing the increasingly sophisticated neuroimaging techniques that have allowed researchers to begin to define functional and anatomical characteristics of migraine and other less-common types of headache. Of particular focus is how imaging is changing the way we understand migraine. This includes changes in function, structure and chemistry of the migraine brain. Included are sections that focus on particular aspects of migraine, for example the migraine aura: those symptoms that cause visual sensitivity (blinding white light), sensory difficulty (loud noises, painful touch, and hot/cold spells), slurred language, and motor dysfunction.

Extensively illustrated throughout, The Migraine Brain provides a general overview of the history of migraine, its pathophysiology, as well as in-depth details on the Clinical Perspectives and the different imaging techniques in use (MR, fMRI, DTI, VBM, PET, fMRI, and MEG). It also includes details on modulation of the brain using such techniques as TMS. The book concludes with a discussion of future uses of imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of migraines and other headaches.

A collation of the top thinkers in the field and the only book of its kind, The Migraine Brain is necessary reading for neurologists and neuroscientists.

About the Author

David Borsook, MD, PhD
Director, Pain & Analgesia Imaging Neuroscience (P.A.I.N.) Group
McLean Hospital, Masschusetts General Hospital, and Children's Hospital
Belmont, MA

Arne May, MD, PhD
Institut für Systemische Neurowissenschaften
Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany

Peter Goadsby, MD, PhD
Director, UCSF Headache Center
Department of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Richard Hargreaves, PhD
Vice President
Worldwide Discovery Head
Neuroscience
Merck Research Laboratories
West Point PA and Kenilworth, NJ