One of the most confusing things about Migraines can be what goes on in our brains during a Migraine attack.
The Jefferson Headache Center's web site has a great page with an explanation of the mechanisms of Migraine and a video to go with it.
They begin by saying"
"Until recently, most clinicians believed that migraine was simply a vascular condition, induced by blood vessel dilation. Today, new insight suggests that the pathophysiology of migraine is much more complex. It is now thought that multiple mechanisms contribute to the onset of migraine, beginning long before a person feels any headache pain.
The multi-mechanistic approach to migraines holds that headache pain results from a chain of events that are both vascular and neurological. Migraine pain is induced not only by the widening of blood vessels, or vasodilation, but begins with inflammation, leading to pain reception, or norciception, and central and peripheral sensitization..."
The multi-mechanistic approach to migraines holds that headache pain results from a chain of events that are both vascular and neurological. Migraine pain is induced not only by the widening of blood vessels, or vasodilation, but begins with inflammation, leading to pain reception, or norciception, and central and peripheral sensitization..."
Please visit the Jefferson site and check out this great information. Just CLICK HERE.
