Modulation of subcortical activity along the migraine cycle during cognitive executive load

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Ruiz-Tagle AmparoORCID,Caetano GinaORCID,Fouto AnaORCID,Esteves Inês,Cabaço Inês,Da Silva Nuno,Vilela Pedro,Alves Pedro Nascimento,Martins Isabel PavãoORCID,Gouveia Raquel GilORCID,Figueiredo PatríciaORCID

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ABSTRACTObjectiveTo analyze cognition and brain activation during an executive task in migraine patients studied in the different phases of the migraine cycle, compared with healthy participants.BackgroundCognitive difficulties reported during migraine attacks remain poorly understood, despite evidence that the lateral frontoparietal network undergoes reversible disturbances and decreased activation during attacks. Recent findings in resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging suggest that brain areas involved in this network interact with subcortical regions during spontaneous migraine attacks.MethodsPatients with low-frequency episodic menstrual migraine without aura were assessed with functional magnetic resonance imaging while performing a working memory task, along the four phases of natural migraine cycles, including spontaneous attacks, namely: peri-ictal (preictal, ictal, postictal) phases and interictally (in-between attacks). Healthy controls were assessed during the corresponding phases of their menstrual cycles.ResultsThe protocol was completed by 24 female participants aged 21 to 47 years: 10 with migraine (four sessions each) and 14 controls (two sessions each). Patients and controls showed similar performance on the working memory task and displayed increased brain activity in regions linked to this function, namely the middle frontal gyrus, inferior parietal lobe, and anterior cingulate cortex, during all phases of the migraine/menstrual cycle. Migraine patients exhibited a significant decrease in hypothalamic activity during the postictal phase when compared to perimenstrual controls (p= 0.007), interictal (p= 0.002) and preictal (p= 0.034) migraine phases.ConclusionCognitive areas were actively recruited during a working memory task in different phases of the migraine cycle. In addition, migraine patients displayed significantly lower neural activity at the subcortical level in the peri-ictal period. These findings, combined with previous research showing activation in cortical areas, suggest subcortical-cortical interaction during the peri-ictal phases, which may act as a compensatory mechanism when the individual faces a cognitively demanding task during migraine attacks.

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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