Pattern reversal visual evoked potentials in children with migraine or tension-type headache

L N Rossi; G C Pastorino; G Bellettini; A Chiodi; E Mariani; I Cortinovis

doi:10.1046/j.1468-2982.1996.1602104.x

Pattern reversal visual evoked potentials in children with migraine or tension-type headache

Cephalalgia. 1996 Apr;16(2):104-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1996.1602104.x.

Authors

L N Rossi¹, G C Pastorino, G Bellettini, A Chiodi, E Mariani, I Cortinovis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Milan, Italy.

PMID: 8665575
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1996.1602104.x

Abstract

Pattern reversal visual evoked potentials were recorded in 71 children with different types of migraine (e.g. migraine with aura, migraine without aura) or tension-type headache and in 19 controls (mean age of both groups 9 years). P100 latencies were comparable in all three groups.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Arousal / physiology*
Child
Electroencephalography*
Evoked Potentials, Visual / physiology*
Female
Headache / diagnosis
Headache / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Migraine Disorders / diagnosis
Migraine Disorders / physiopathology*
Occipital Lobe / physiopathology
Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology*
Reaction Time / physiology
Reference Values