ReviewThe journal of headache and pain2018
Cognitive dysfunction and migraine.
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114 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 228 citations in OpenAlex.
- Can cognitive function tests discriminate between patients with glioma and healthy controls prior to treatment? A systematic review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Interictal Cognitive Deficits in Migraine Sufferers: A Meta-Analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2022Pooled it
- Is Migraine Associated to Brain Anatomical Alterations? New Data and Coordinate-Based Meta-analysis.Brain topography · 2021Pooled it
- On the utility of the trail making test in migraine with and without aura: a meta-analysis.The journal of headache and pain · 2020Pooled it
- Immediate Cognitive and Interoceptive Benefits of Yoga-Based Visual Respiratory Biofeedback in Migraine: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of a dual task protocol on neurophysiological and clinical outcomes in migraine: a randomized control trial.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Trial
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- Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled Trial of e-TNS for the Acute treatment of Migraine (TEAM).Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Subjective cognitive impairment in patients with transformed migraine and the associated psychological and sleep disturbances.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Trial
- Patient-identified most bothersome symptom in preventive migraine treatment with eptinezumab: A novel patient-centered outcome.Headache · 2021Trial
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- Semantic Content of Visual Consequent Stimuli Modulates Audiovisual Learning in Migraine.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Analysis of neuropsychological characteristics and related influencing factors in patients with vascular cognitive impairment.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- Digital Assessment of Objective and Patient-Reported Cognition Across Migraine Phases: Results from the MIND Cohort.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Cognitive Dysfunction in Migraine: Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Implications.Current pain and headache reports · 2026Review
- Exploring Cognitive, Behavioral, and Psychological Dimensions in Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain and Other Chronic Orofacial Pain Conditions.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Interictal and Ictal Cognitive Performance in Episodic and Chronic Migraine.European journal of neurology · 2026Article
- A GABAergic neural circuit from the suprachiasmatic nucleus to DG drives cognitive impairment in migraine mice.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Article
- Combined drug therapy with ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block for primary tinnitus.Medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
Cognitive dysfunction has recently gained attention as a significant problem among migraine sufferers. All of the clinical studies show poor cognitive performance during migraine attacks, though, the interictal data are conflicting. Migraineurs show impaired cognitive function interictally in most of the clinic-based studies. Population-based studies did not reveal a difference in cognitive functions between migraineurs and controls. The specific cognitive domains involved are information processing speed, basic attention, executive functions, verbal and non-verbal memory and verbal skills. Neurophysiological, imaging and pharmacological studies support clinical symptoms of cognitive impairment in migraine. Longitudinal studies do not suggest progressive cognitive decline over time in migraine patients. Preventive medications and comorbid disorders such as depression and anxiety can impact cognitive function, but cannot fully explain the cognitive impairment in migraine. In contrast to migraine, tension type or cluster headache are not associated with cognitive impairment, at least during headache-free periods.
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