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ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2020

Migraine Aura: Updates in Pathophysiology and Management.

Joshua Lai, Esma Dilli

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readReview
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Review in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 35 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05416476 phase3unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study To Evaluate The Efficacy, Safety, And Tolerability Of Anisodine Hydrobromide For The Preventive Treatment Of Episodic Migraine

TypeinterventionalSponsorSecond Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of MedicineRan2023 to 2025Enrolled288ConditionsMigraine Without Aura, Migraine With AuraArmsAnisodine Hydrobromide, Anisodine Hydrobromide placebo
NCT05484349 phase3unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Safety and Efficacy of Oral Tizanidine Hydrochloride in Preventing Migraine Attacks in Adult Migraine Patients: a Multicenter, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Clinical Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorSecond Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of MedicineRan2023 to 2025Enrolled189ConditionsMigraine Without Aura, Migraine With AuraArmsTizanidine Hydrochloride, Tizanidine Hydrochloride Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Human assumed central sensitization in interictal migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  2. What does a migraine aura look like?-A systematic review.The journal of headache and pain · 2025
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  13. A narrative review of autophagy in migraine.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025
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  15. Migraine and cognitive dysfunction: a narrative review.The journal of headache and pain · 2024
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  18. Migraine and Its Treatment from the Medicinal Chemistry Perspective.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2024
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  20. Novel FDA-approved zavegepant drug for treating migraine.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joshua LaiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Esma DilliDepartment of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. esma.dilli@vch.ca.
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTo provide an updated review of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of migraine with aura. RECENT

findingsThalamic and other subcortical regions may play a role in the pathophysiology of migraine. There is inter-patient and intra-patient attack variability in the characteristics of typical aura especially visual aura symptoms. Migraine with brainstem aura may originate cortically. Migraine with retinal aura may be associated with structural and functional changes in the retina. Although cortical spreading depression (CSD) continues to be the predominant theory surrounding the pathophysiology of migraine with aura, the exact mechanism of action of CSD and its role in relation of all phases of migraine including features of aura are not fully understood. Novel experimental models and newer diagnostic tools including neuroimaging are currently being used to enhance of understanding of migraine with and without aura. Transient ischemia attacks, stroke, and epilepsy should be considered in your differential diagnosis of migraine with aura. There are no specific therapies for migraine with aura.

Indexed as

Cortical Spreading DepressionEpilepsyMigraine DisordersMigraine with AuraHumansNeuroimagingAura featuresCortical spreading depressionMigraine with auraPathophysiology

Identifiers

PMID32430657
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