Background: Despite advances in neuroimaging and electrophysiology, cluster headache's pathogenesis remains unclear. This review will examine clinical neurophysiology studies, including electrophysiological and functional neuroimaging, to determine if they might help us construct a neurophysiological model of cluster headache. Results: Clinical, biochemical, and electrophysiological research have implicated the trigeminal-parasympathetic system in cluster headache pain generation, although the order in which these two systems are activated, which may be somewhat independent, is unknown. Electrophysiology and neuroimaging have found one or more central factors that may cause seasonal and circadian attacks. The well-known posterior hypothalamus, with its primary circadian pacemaker suprachiasmatic nucleus, the brainstem monoaminergic systems, the midbrain, with an emphasis on the dopaminergic system, especially when cluster headache is chronic, and the descending pain control systems appear to be involved. Functional connection investigations have verified electrophysiological evidence of functional changes in distant brain regions connecting to wide cerebral networks other than pain. Conclusion: We propose that under the impact of external time, an inherited misalignment between the primary circadian pacemaker suprachiasmatic nucleus and other secondary extra- suprachiasmatic nucleus clocks may promote disturbance of the body's internal physiological clock, lowering the threshold for bout recurrence.

Pathophysiology of cluster headache: From the trigeminovascular system to the cerebral networks / Coppola, Gianluca; Abagnale, Chiara; Sebastianelli, Gabriele; Goadsby, Peter J.. - In: CEPHALALGIA. - ISSN 0333-1024. - 44:2(2024). [10.1177/03331024231209317]

Pathophysiology of cluster headache: From the trigeminovascular system to the cerebral networks

Coppola, Gianluca
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
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Abagnale, Chiara
Investigation
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Sebastianelli, Gabriele;
2024

Abstract

Background: Despite advances in neuroimaging and electrophysiology, cluster headache's pathogenesis remains unclear. This review will examine clinical neurophysiology studies, including electrophysiological and functional neuroimaging, to determine if they might help us construct a neurophysiological model of cluster headache. Results: Clinical, biochemical, and electrophysiological research have implicated the trigeminal-parasympathetic system in cluster headache pain generation, although the order in which these two systems are activated, which may be somewhat independent, is unknown. Electrophysiology and neuroimaging have found one or more central factors that may cause seasonal and circadian attacks. The well-known posterior hypothalamus, with its primary circadian pacemaker suprachiasmatic nucleus, the brainstem monoaminergic systems, the midbrain, with an emphasis on the dopaminergic system, especially when cluster headache is chronic, and the descending pain control systems appear to be involved. Functional connection investigations have verified electrophysiological evidence of functional changes in distant brain regions connecting to wide cerebral networks other than pain. Conclusion: We propose that under the impact of external time, an inherited misalignment between the primary circadian pacemaker suprachiasmatic nucleus and other secondary extra- suprachiasmatic nucleus clocks may promote disturbance of the body's internal physiological clock, lowering the threshold for bout recurrence.
2024
Suprachiasmatic nucleus; cerebral networks; electrophysiology; functional connectivity; pain
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Pathophysiology of cluster headache: From the trigeminovascular system to the cerebral networks / Coppola, Gianluca; Abagnale, Chiara; Sebastianelli, Gabriele; Goadsby, Peter J.. - In: CEPHALALGIA. - ISSN 0333-1024. - 44:2(2024). [10.1177/03331024231209317]
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