Investigation of Functional Brain Features in Women with Migraine

Spontaneous migraine attacks are unpredictable and therefore been logistically arduous to investigate in neuroimaging studies. Menstrually-related migraine provides an opportunity to study spontaneous attacks in a controlled imaging setup. The present project aims to investigate women with menstrually-related migraine using daily functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans 2-3 days before the onset of the menstrual bleeding and until (and including) the headache phase of migraine or up to five consecutive days. A control-group of women without migraine will also be recruited and undergo the same MRI scan protocol.