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Cluster Headaches - General Information and Research

CLUSTER HEADACHE IN THE UNITED STATES: DEMOGRAPHICS, CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, TRIGGERS AND PERSONAL BURDEN The 2nd journal article in the series Dr. Rozen and Royce Fishman
Help for Chronic Sufferers? Peripheral nerve stimulation in chronic cluster headache.
Is it something else? Coronary Syndromes may be headache
Cluster Attack Bringing cluster headache researchers and patients together
Healia Search for "cluster headaches"
Occipital Nerve Stimulation Study Occipital Nerve Stimulation study from the Lancet
The IHS Cluster Headache diagnosis guidelines The new IHS Classification website's English language page for Cluster Headache diagnosis guidelines.
International Headache Society Classification of Headaches The classification and diagnostic criteria for all types of headaches.
Management of CH  An excellent article from Drs. Goadsby and Matharu.
Overview - Cluster Headache An overview of cluster headache, treatments, medications, etc.
CH and Related Headaches Another excellent article by Dr. Goadsby and associates covering CH and other headaches related to CH.
Cluster Headache Study Short article highlighting the prevalence, male/female ratio and percentages of accompanying symptoms.  Shows that nausea and light and noise sensitivities are indeed part of cluster headaches for some patients.
Apnea and CH  Sleep Apnea and Cluster Headache.
Contraction of Temporal Arteries  Spontaneous and 5HT-induced cyclic contractions in superficial temporal arteries from chronic and episodic cluster headache patients.
Calgary Study Episodic cluster headache in a community: clinical features and treatment.
Childhood CH Childhood onset cluster headaches.
Chronic CH  Chronic cluster headache: provocation with carbon dioxide breathing and nitroglycerin.
Depression and Anxiety in Cluster Headache Depression and Anxiety in Cluster Headache
European Federation of Neurological Societies Guidelines EFNS guidelines on the treatment of cluster headache and other trigeminal-autonomic cephalalgias.
Evolution from Episodic to Chronic CH Evolution from Episodic to Chronic CH
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cluster Headache Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cluster Headache
Heredity Heritability of cluster headache.
Immune System Putative neuroimmunological mechanisms in cluster headache. An integrated hypothesis.
Lifestyle Cluster headache and lifestyle: remarks on a population of 374 male patients.
Light and Sound Quantitative evaluation of photophobia and phonophobia in cluster headache.
Male/Female Ratio Gender ratio of cluster headache over the years: a possible role of changes in lifestyle.
Medication Overuse Headache Medication Overuse Headache in Cluster Headache
Memory and Cognitive Effects of Cluster Headache Memory and Cognitive Effects of Cluster Headache
Misdiagnosis of Cluster Headache The misdiagnosis of cluster headache: a nonclinic, population-based, Internet survey.
Neck - Possible involvement in CH  Cluster-like signs and symptoms respond to myofascial/craniomandibular treatment: a report of two cases.
Neck Pain and CH Nuchal features of cluster headache.
Nitric Oxide The role of nitric oxide (NO) in migraine, tension-type headache and cluster headache.
Pain of CH A paper on the pain of CH and various blood vessel compressions.
Painless CH Cluster symptoms but no pain (wish they were all like this).
Pain vs. Suffering This is an article on coping with CH, posted on the www.clusterheadaches.com message board by member Bob Johnson, based on the concepts of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy.
Personality and CH Episodic cluster headache. I: Personality and some neuropsychological characteristics in male patients.
Pupillary Response Combined evaluation of pupillary and cardiovascular responses to cold pressure test in cluster headache patients.
Quality of Life in Cluster Headache Patients Studies Quality of Life in Cluster Headache Patients Studies
REM Sleep and CH  Onset of nocturnal attacks of chronic cluster headache in relation to sleep stages.
Steroid Hormones in Cluster Headache Steroid Hormones in Cluster Headache
Stress and CH Cluster headaches: association with anxiety disorders and memory deficits.
Suicide - A Genetic Basis  A possible genetic basis for suicidal tendencies related to 5HT genes.
Trigeminovascular System The trigeminovascular system in humans: pathophysiologic implications for primary headache syndromes of the neural influences on the cerebral circulation.
Trigeminal Activation  Human in vivo evidence for trigeminovascular activation in cluster headache. Neuropeptide changes and effects of acute attack therapies.
Trigeminal Nerve  A picture of the trigeminal nerve, believed to be the major pain pathway in CH.
Virus and CH Cluster headache associated with parainfluenza virus, preceded and succeeded by migraine.
Women and CH Cluster Headache in Women

A special thanks to Bob J. -
he finds the BEST articles and information on CH and makes sure we at OUCH knows where they are to share them with you.



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