Current treatment options for cluster headache: Limitations and the unmet need for better and specific treatments—A consensus article

NLT Lund, AS Petersen, R Fronczek… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Aim Treatment for cluster headache is currently based on a trial-and-error approach. The
available preventive treatment is unspecific and based on few and small studies not …

Sleep disorder-related headaches

L Ferini-Strambi, A Galbiati, R Combi - Neurological Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Migraine with and without aura, cluster headache, hypnic headache, and paroxysmal
hemicranias are each reported as intrinsically related to sleep. Chronic migraine, chronic …

Patients with cluster headache show signs of insomnia and sleep related stress: results from an actigraphy and self-assessed sleep study

C Ran, F Jennysdotter Olofsgård, A Steinberg… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Cluster headache (CH) is a primary headache disorder which is characterized
by circadian timing of headache attacks, usually at nighttime, in around two thirds of patients …

The economic and personal burden of cluster headache: a controlled cross-sectional study

AS Petersen, N Lund, A Snoer, RH Jensen… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Cluster headache is a less-prevalent primary headache disorder but is
overrepresented with regards to use of health care and social services. More insight into the …

Verapamil and cluster headache: still a mystery. A narrative review of efficacy, mechanisms and perspectives

AS Petersen, MCJ Barloese, A Snoer… - … : The Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective A evaluation of the effect of verapamil and other calcium channel blockers in
cluster headache (CH) treatment and an investigation of possible effect mechanisms …

The genetics and chronobiology of cluster headache

AC Belin, MC Barloese - Cephalalgia, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background/Hypothesis Cluster headache displays uniquely rhythmic patterns in its attack
manifestation. This strong chronobiological influence suggests that part of the …

Glymphatic system dysfunction in patients with cluster headache

J Kim, DA Lee, HJ Lee, BS Park, J Ko… - Brain and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The aim of this study was to investigate alterations of the glymphatic system
function in patients with cluster headache. Methods We enrolled patients with cluster …

Involvement of the ipsilateral-to-the-pain anterior–superior hypothalamic subunit in chronic cluster headache

S Ferraro, A Nigri, MG Bruzzone… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Despite hypothalamus has long being considered to be involved in the
pathophysiology of cluster headache, the inconsistencies of previous neuroimaging studies …

Compensated Hypogonadism Identified in Males with Cluster Headache: A Prospective Case‐Controlled Study

AS Petersen, DM Kristensen, CSJ Westgate… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Androgens have been hypothesized to be involved in the pathophysiology of
cluster headache due to the male predominance, but whether androgens are altered in …

Prevalence of pre-cluster symptoms in episodic cluster headache: Is it possible to predict an upcoming bout?

AS Pedersen, A Snoer, M Barloese, A Petersen… - …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Early symptoms prior to a cluster headache bout have been reported to occur
days or weeks before the actual beginning of the cluster headache bouts. This study aimed …