Abstract
Headache is one of the most common neurological disorders in developmental age. Several studies investigated the relationship between headache and emotional/behavioral problems. We studied non-verbal cognitive abilities, including non-verbal memory and attention skills, in order to evaluate the impact of primary headache on these domains. The latest version of the cognitive battery Leiter International Performance Scale - Third Edition (Leiter-3), a non-verbal test, was administered to 35 children and adolescents affected by migraine or tension-type headache and to 23 healthy subjects. We found that frequency of attacks and headache disability (evaluated with the Pediatric Migraine Disability Assessment Score Questionnaire) significantly correlate with non-verbal memory and sustained attention skills. However, we found that headache disability has a significant impact on specific cognitive domains related to sustained attention and non-verbal memory skills. The relationship between headache and memory/attention deficits may have an explanation based on a possible common physiopathology ground, including noradrenergic and dopaminergic pathways.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 78 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Neurology |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | MAR |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 5 2018 |
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Keywords
- Adolescence
- Attention skills
- Childhood
- Migraine
- Non-verbal cognitive abilities
- Non-verbal memory
- Tension-type headache
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology
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Non-verbal cognitive abilities in children and adolescents affected by Migraine and tension-type headache : An observational study using the Leiter-3. / Margari, Lucia; Palumbi, Roberto; Lecce, Paola A.; Craig, Francesco; Simone, Marta; Margari, Mariella; Seccia, Silvana M.C.; Buttiglione, Maura.
In: Frontiers in Neurology, Vol. 9, No. MAR, 78, 05.03.2018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Buttiglione, Maura
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