Browse by Audience
Skip to content
Papers of the Week
Dynamic fluctuations in brain iron content during migraine attacks: insights from relaxometry and diffusion tensor imaging.
Authors
Birkl C, Filippi V, Steiger R, Frank F, Magnesius S, Gizewski ER, Broessner GAbstract
There is evidence that iron metabolism may play a role in the underlying pathophysiological mechanism of migraine. Studies using (=1/ ) relaxometry, a common MRI-based iron mapping technique, have reported increased values in various brain structures of migraineurs, indicating iron accumulation compared to healthy controls.