Evaluation
of frovatriptan. |
Frovatriptan study |
Steroid Injections |
Suboccipital steroid injection study |
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. |
Excellent article on all aspects of CH |
Michigan Headache and Neurological Institute article on all things cluster related. |
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 |
Cluster Headache Diagnosis and Treatment |
Broad scope PDF by Dr. Todd D Rozen |