Showing papers by "Adrian M. Ostfeld published in 1960"

Migraine headache: its physiology and biochemistry.

Abstract: Definition.— Migraine may be defined as periodic recurrent headache, one-sided in origin, commonly associated with anorexia and nausea, often affecting several members of the same family, and intimately related to cranial vasodilatation. Roughly 10% of the United States' population exhibits the syndrome. It has been stated that the disorder occurs more frequently in women than in men and affects those who work with their minds rather than muscles. However, women, the better educated, and the white collar worker seem more readily to admit to illness and to visit physicians than do men, the poorly educated, and the blue collar worker. Therefore, sampling errors in the population studied may have accounted for some of these findings. Physiology.— The vasodilatation of migraine occurs primarily in extracranial arteries, arterioles, venules, and possibly veins.1The arteries usually involved are the superficial temporal, supraorbital, posterior auricular, and occipital. Unlike the intracranial vessels, these arteries