Migraine and Other Headache Disorders (Neurological Disease and Therapy)

1. Headache—Classification
2. The Epidemiology and Impact of Migraine
3. Progressive Headache: Epidemiology, Natural History, and Risk Factors
4. Comorbidity of Migraine
5. Pain Sensitivity: Intracranial and Extracranial Structures
6. Pathophysiology of Aura
7. Pathophysiology of Migraine
8. Allodynia and Sensitization in Migraine
9. Genetics of Migraine and Other Primary Headaches
10. Identification or Exclusion of Secondary Headaches
11. Differential Diagnosis of Primary Headaches: An Algorithm-Based Approach
12. Diagnostic and Severity Tools for Migraine
13. Migraine Without Aura
14. Migraine with Aura
15. Childhood Periodic Syndromes
16. Retinal, or ‘‘Monocular,’’ Migraine
17. Status Migrainosus, Persistent Aura, Migraine-Associated Seizures (‘‘Migralepsy’’), and Migrainous Infarction
18. Principles of Headache Management
19. Behavioral and Educational Approaches to the Management of Migraine: Clinical and Public Health Applications
20. Nonspecific Migraine Acute Treatment
21. Specific Acute Migraine Treatment: Ergotamine and Triptans
22. Preventive Treatment for Migraine
23. Herbal Medicines and Vitamins
24. Treatment of Migraine in Children and Adolescents
25. Inpatient Management and Invasive Treatment Strategies for Migraine and Chronic Daily Headaches
26. Migraine in the Emergency Department
27. Progression Forms of Migraine
28. The Future of Migraine Therapies
29. Tension-Type Headache
30. Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias
31. Other Primary Headaches
32. When the Treatment of Headache Fails

Following recent guidelines set by the International Classification of Headache Disorders, this reference presents the most current diagnostic and treatment protocols for migraine and other headache conditions. Chapters are authored by internationally renowned headache clinicians and scientists, including several past presidents of the American Headache Society and the International Headache Society. User-friendly and up-to-date, this reference offers useful tables, algorithms, and diagrams that lead clinicians to effective treatments for the management of migraine and the reduction of migraine severity