Posts by Fred Schwaller
PACAP Signaling: A New Mechanism of Medication Overuse Headache from Opioids?
By Fred Schwaller |
A recent animal study shows that inhibiting pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide alleviates medication overuse headache following morphine. The findings have interesting translational potential.
CHESS – A Negative Trial of Self-Management as a Migraine Treatment: What’s the Next Move?
By Fred Schwaller |
Findings from the Chronic Headache Education and Self-management Study (CHESS) showed that self-management did not improve migraine symptoms, but there is reason for optimism, nonetheless.
Behavioral Therapies for Migraine: A Podcast with Dawn Buse
By Fred Schwaller |
In this MSC podcast, Dr. Dawn Buse discusses how she began her career as a migraine researcher and clinical psychologist, the use of behavioral therapies for migraine, and some of her most important epidemiological research findings to date.
The Role of Animal Models in Migraine Research: A Conversation with Andy Russo
By Fred Schwaller |
In this MSC interview, Professor Russo discusses his path to migraine research, animal models of migraine, and much more.
The Response to Triptans: What Counts as Success? What Counts as Failure?
By Fred Schwaller |
A consensus panel of the European Headache Federation provides definitions of triptan responders and non-responders. The effort could improve migraine treatment and standardize research.
A Better Way to Classify Migraine: Linking Symptoms to Patterns of Brain Activity
By Fred Schwaller |
“Episodic” versus “chronic” migraine is not a biologically meaningful distinction, according to a new fMRI study.
A Role for Nutraceuticals in the Treatment of Migraine: A Chat with Paul Durham
By Fred Schwaller |
In this MSC interview, Dr. Paul Durham discusses his view of migraine as a systemic disorder, a role for nutraceuticals in the treatment of this condition, and much more.
The “Middle Child” of the Opioid Receptor Family: Targeting the Delta Opioid Receptor as a Promising Treatment Approach for Migraine – A Podcast with Amynah Pradhan
By Fred Schwaller |
Neuroscientist Amynah Pradhan chats about the promise of targeting delta opioid receptors as a way to treat migraine safely and effectively, her recent work on neuronal complexity, and much more.
Migraine Changes the Structure of Neurons in the Brain – and Quickly, Too
By Fred Schwaller |
A new study in mice shows that migraine alters neuronal complexity in pain-processing regions in the brain within hours.
