
Sleep deprivation can trigger alterations in the levels of key proteins and can be involved in the underlying pathology of migraine, a recent insight has revealed.
Paul L. Dunham and his team at Missouri State University's Center for Biomedical and Life Sciences sought to understand the mechanisms by which sleep disturbance increases the risk of migraine and may even trigger migraine.
"Previous clinical data support a relationship between sleep quality and migraine, so we used an established model of sleep deprivation to measure levels of proteins that lower the activation threshold of peripheral and central nerves involved in pain transmission during migraine," said Dr. Durham.
The study has been reported at the American Headache Society's 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Los Angeles this week.
Source: ANI
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