ReviewFrontiers in neurology2019
Imaging the Visual Network in the Migraine Spectrum.
Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Network localization of regional intrinsic neural activity alterations in migraine and their neurochemical correlates.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Pooled it
- Application of machine learning in migraine classification: a call for study design standardization and global collaboration.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Pooled it
- Spontaneous brain activity abnormalities in migraine: A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging.Human brain mapping · 2023Pooled it
- Association between migraine and cognitive impairment.The journal of headache and pain · 2022Pooled it
- Multi-Spatial Voxel-Scale Modulation of Acupuncture on Abnormal Brain Activity in Migraine Patients Without Aura: A Randomized Study Neuroimaging Trial.Brain and behavior · 2025Trial
- Avoid or seek light - a randomized crossover fMRI study investigating opposing treatment strategies for photophobia in migraine.The journal of headache and pain · 2022Trial
- Tracking tDCS induced grey matter changes in episodic migraine: a randomized controlled trial.The journal of headache and pain · 2021Trial
- Bridging the gap: molecular mechanisms, regional activity and connectivity in headache disorders.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2026Review
- Altered static-dynamic interhemispheric connectivity and transcriptional features underlying lateralization in patients with migraine.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Article
- Compensatory hallucinogenesis across three neuropsychiatric disorders: a Bayesian account.Brain communications · 2026Review
- Triple network disruption in medication overuse headache: functional signatures and clinical impact.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Article
- Chronic pain is associated with greater brain entropy in the prefrontal cortex.The journal of pain · 2025Article
- fMRI Insights into Visual Cortex Dysfunction as a Biomarker for Migraine with Aura.Neurology international · 2025Review
- Prevalence and characteristics of visual snow syndrome in a cohort of young Italian adults.European journal of neurology · 2024Article
- The abnormally increased functional connectivity of the locus coeruleus in migraine without aura patients.BMC research notes · 2024Article
- Hallmarks of primary headache: part 1 - migraine.The journal of headache and pain · 2024Review
- Exploring the Phenotype and Possible Mechanisms of Palinopsia in Visual Snow Syndrome.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2024Article
- How do I recognise and manage visual snow syndrome?Eye (London, England) · 2024Review
- Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS): prevalence and characteristics in adults with migraine.Journal of neurology · 2024Article
- Imbalanced temporal states of cortical blood-oxygen-level-dependent signal variability during rest in episodic migraine.The journal of headache and pain · 2024Article
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Abstract
The involvement of the visual network in migraine pathophysiology has been well-known for more than a century. Not only is the aura phenomenon linked to cortical alterations primarily localized in the visual cortex; but also migraine without aura has shown distinct dysfunction of visual processing in several studies in the past. Further, the study of photophobia, a hallmark migraine symptom, has allowed unraveling of distinct connections that link retinal pathways to the trigeminovascular system. Finally, visual snow, a recently recognized neurological disorder characterized by a continuous visual disturbance, is highly comorbid with migraine and possibly shares with it some common pathophysiological mechanisms. Here, we review the most relevant neuroimaging literature to date, considering studies that have either attempted to investigate the visual network or have indirectly shown visual processing dysfunctions in migraine. We do this by taking into account the broader spectrum of migrainous biology, thus analyzing migraine both with and without aura, focusing on light sensitivity as the most relevant visual symptom in migraine, and finally analyzing the visual snow syndrome. We also present possible hypotheses on the underlying pathophysiology of visual snow, for which very little is currently known.
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