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SUBMITTER: Noseda R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4939697 | biostudies-other | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Brain : a journal of neurology 20160517 Pt 7
Migraine headache is uniquely exacerbated by light. Using psychophysical assessments in patients with normal eyesight we found that green light exacerbates migraine headache significantly less than white, blue, amber or red lights. To delineate mechanisms, we used electroretinography and visual evoked potential recording in patients, and multi-unit recording of dura- and light-sensitive thalamic neurons in rats to show that green activates cone-driven retinal pathways to a lesser extent than whi ...[more]