Headache

Papers
(The median citation count of Headache is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Pilot study evaluating treatment with sumatriptan for moderate to severe post‐traumatic headache: A phase 2 open‐label study169
Migraine treatment in pregnancy: A survey of comfort and treatment practices of women's healthcare providers86
Virtual issue: Education in headache medicine: Insights and advancements from 2023 to 202463
Identifying cognitive‐affective mechanisms underlying disability in episodic migraine: Using the fear avoidance model to examine interactions63
Evidence for increased background neural noise in migraine with aura: Hyperactive but not hyperresponsive61
Assessing the influence of migraine on ischemic penumbra and on the prognosis of ischemic stroke: A prospective cohort study51
A retrospective analysis of the use of candesartan for migraine prevention in adolescents46
Erratum44
Characteristics associated with response to subcutaneously administered anti‐CGRP monoclonal antibody medications in a real‐world community cohort of persons living with migraine: A retrospective clin43
Facial variant of epicrania fugax secondary to a cerebellopontine angle meningioma43
Temporary occipital nerve stimulation as transitional therapy for chronic intractable cluster headache: A case report and proof of concept39
Drug‐resistant epicrania fugax: Responding to onabotulinumtoxinA39
Response to Letter to the Editor regarding “Calcitonin gene‐related peptide and headache: Comparison of two commonly used assay kits highlights the perils of measuring neuropeptides with enzyme‐linked38
Cortical synchronization of spontaneous trigeminal neuropathic pain monitored with in vivo optical imaging of calcium activity in freely moving mice36
Anxiety, depression, and headache‐related disability in a large pediatric clinic–based sample35
Migraine and peripheral pain models show differential alterations in neuronal complexity34
Migraine screening in English and Spanish34
Genetic migraine disorders and the response to calcitonin gene‐related peptide antagonist treatment34
Persistence, effectiveness, and tolerability of anti‐calcitonin gene–related peptide monoclonal antibodies in patients with chronic migraine31
Routine migraine screening as a standard of care for Women's health: A position statement from the American Headache Society28
Normal glymphatic system function in patients with new daily persistent headache using diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space28
The impacts of migraine on functioning: Results from two qualitative studies of people living with migraine28
A 52‐week open‐label extension study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral rimegepant for the preventive treatment of migraine28
Effect of erenumab versus other migraine preventive medications on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular outcomes: A United States claims database‐based observational cohort study27
A retrospective review of sex differences of white matter hyperintensities in brain MRI of patients with migraine27
Effects of fremanezumab on migraine‐associated symptoms and medication use in Japanese and Korean patients with episodic migraine: Exploratory endpoint analysis of a multicenter, randomized, double‐bl26
Developing and delivering a migraine disparities and diagnosis undergraduate medical educational program to underrepresented in medicine medical student members of the Student National Medical Associa26
Patient headache questionnaires can improve headache diagnosis and treatment in children26
Sequential administration of peripheral nerve blocks and  onabotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of chronic migraine and other headache disorders—A ret26
Sex and gender: Opportunities to expand research and understanding within headache medicine26
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Dietary sodium and headache are linked by cerebrospinal fluid sodium concentration to sodium‐specific appetite, tolerance, and perceptive reward25
Neuromodulation for primary headache disorders: Advantages and challenges25
Crystal‐clear days and unclear days in migraine: A population‐based study24
CCH attack frequency reduction after psilocybin correlates with hypothalamic functional connectivity24
Prevalence of primary stabbing headache: A meta‐analysis24
Headache and psychological variables as predictors of disability in individuals with primary headache disorders24
Long‐term efficacy and safety of erenumab in patients with chronic migraine and acute medication overuse: A subgroup analysis24
Zavegepant and lactation: What the pharmacokinetic data suggests23
Patient‐reported experiences with migraine‐related cognitive symptoms: Results of the MiCOAS qualitative study23
Skin wetness sensitivity across body sites commonly affected by pain in people with migraine23
Response to: Calcitonin gene‐related peptide and headache: Comparison of two commonly used assay kits highlights the perils of measuring neuropeptides with enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assays22
Patients with chronic post‐dural puncture headache do not have typical imaging features of intracranial hypotension: An MRI study using the Bern scor22
The teaching of headache medicine in France: A questionnaire‐based study21
TRPM3 activation causes CGRP release in trigeminal neurons: Implications for migraine mechanisms21
Chronotype and primary headaches: What a population‐based study reveals20
Evaluation of vascular risk in patients with migraine with and without aura treated with erenumab: Post hoc analysis of pooled long‐term clinical trial data20
Rates and healthcare resource utilization for people with branded acute and preventive migraine prescription medication order payer denials: An open, multi‐source dataset, observational cohort study20
Prevalence, characteristics, and factors associated with caffeine‐withdrawal headache during the first day of Ramadan20
Post‐vaccination headache reporting: Trends according to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System20
Sustained benefits of onabotulinumtoxinA treatment in chronic migraine: An analysis of the pooled Phase 3 REsearch Evaluating Migraine Prophylaxis Therapy (PREEMPT) randomized controlled trials20
Assessing blood pressure changes and hypertension‐related outcomes in patients with migraine treated with erenumab: A systematic review and meta‐analysis19
The 2024 Headache editorial board Conflict of Interest Declarations19
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Protracted headache after COVID‐19: A case series of 31 patients from a tertiary headache center19
Challenges and opportunities for estimating and assessing migraine prevalence, incidence and impact across study populations and methodologies: Bridging global and United Stat19
Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy with headache and oculomotor palsy 18 years apart18
Headache and acute cerebrovascular disease: How do we differentiate primary and secondary headache disorders in the emergency setting?18
Changes in cognitive appraisal in a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy for patients with migraine18
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Engagement and predictors of use of a smartphone app for migraine self‐management: A secondary analysis of the EMMA trial18
Intravenous magnesium and methocarbamol for acute pain crises in refractory trigeminal neuralgia: A retrospective analysis18
OnabotulinumtoxinA as a promising treatment for primary trochlear headache: A retrospective case series18
The elephant in the room: How the underfunding of headache research stunts the field18
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A phase 1 study of the breast milk and plasma pharmacokinetics of zavegepant 10 mg intranasal dose in healthy lactating women17
Socioeconomic and geographic inequalities in headache disability in Brazil: The 2019 National Health Survey17
Remote electrical neuromodulation to treat children and adolescents with migraine in the emergency department: A randomized double‐dummy pilot trial17
Treatment effectiveness of galcanezumab versus traditional oral migraine preventive medications at 3 months: Results from the TRIUMPH study16
Alcohol as a trigger of migraine attacks in people with migraine. Results from a large prospective cohort study in English‐speaking countries16
Validation of a Portuguese version of the four‐item Migraine Interictal Burden Scale16
Dystonia phenomenology and treatment response in migraine16
A large language model–based generative natural language processing framework fine‐tuned on clinical notes accurately extracts headache frequency from electronic health records16
Plain Language Summary Publication: Investigating the causal and genetic relationship between migraine and Parkinson’s disease15
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Lifestyle triggers of migraine: Sleep restriction and caffeine lower the threshold for migraine‐like responses in rats in a sex‐specific manner15
Prediction of individual trigeminal pain sensitivity from gray matter structure within the sensorimotor network15
Afterimage duration differs for migraine with or without aura15
The 2025 Headache Editorial Board conflict of interest declarations15
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Chronotype in migraine and tension‐type headache: A population study15
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Different dosage regimens of erenumab for the treatment of migraine: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the efficacy and safety of randomized controlled trials14
Clinical factors associated with day‐to‐day peak pain severity in individuals with chronic migraine: A cohort study using daily prospective diary data14
Burden of migraine in Brazil: A cross‐sectional real‐world study14
Eicosapentaenoic acid versus placebo as adjunctive therapy in chronic migraine: A randomized controlled trial13
Challenges in the management of new daily persistent headache at a tertiary headache center—A retrospective real‐world evidence study13
Melatonin for migraine prevention in children and adolescents: A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial after single‐blind placebo lead‐in13
Effect of wildfire smoke on primary headache disorders remains unclear13
Development and pharmacological characterization of novel multi‐ calcitonin gene‐related peptide and pituitary adenylate cyclase‐activating peptide receptor antagonists13
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Remote electrical neuromodulation for reducing procedural pain in patients with chronic migraine receiving onabotulinumtoxinA injections: A randomize13
The cortical spreading depression/migraine aura hypothesis – Finally some definitive evidence13
Effect of galcanezumab in women with episodic migraine meeting criteria for menstrually related migraine: A post hoc analysis of EVOLVE ‐1 and 13
Headache in individuals undergoing hormone therapy for gender transition: A cross‐sectional, observational study13
Emergency department utilization among patients who receive outpatient specialty care for headache: A retrospective cohort study analysis13
Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: A narrative review13
Essential but often overlooked reporting elements for Headache manuscripts12
Factors associated with efficacy of occipital nerve stimulation in medically intractable chronic cluster headache12
American Headache Society 64th Annual Scientific Meeting June 9–12, 2022 Denver, Colorado12
Secondary nummular headache: Are they more common than we thought?12
Basic Science Prize Award 202412
Plain Language Summary Publication: The 2023 protocol for update to acute treatment of adults with migraine in the emergency department: The American headache society evidence assessment of parenteral12
Decision‐making impairment under ambiguity but not under risk may underlie medication overuse in patients with chronic migraine12
Plasma calcitonin gene–related peptide and nerve growth factor as headache and pain biomarkers in recently deployed soldiers with and without a recent concussion11
Headache in transgender men using gender‐affirming hormone therapy: A case–control study11
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Characterization of trigeminal C‐fiber reactivity through capsaicin‐induced release of calcitonin gene‐related peptide11
Zavegepant nasal spray for the acute treatment of migraine: A Phase 2/3 double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled, dose‐ranging trial11
Comparison and predictors of chronic migraine vs. new daily persistent headache presenting with a chronic migraine phenotype11
Clinical characteristics and patient‐reported outcomes of chronic and episodic migraine patients at a US tertiary headache center: A retrospective observational study11
Arterial hypertension: A safety risk of calcitonin gene‐related peptide ligand and receptor blocker class11
Digital headache self‐management interventions for patients with a primary headache disorder: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials11
Beyond aura: Understanding migraine as a cycling pan‐sensory threshold disease11
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Long‐term effectiveness of eptinezumab in the treatment of patients with chronic migraine and medication‐overuse headache10
The impact of updates in headache quality measures on adherence to best practices in a neurology resident clinic: A quality improvement study10
Insomnia severity in migraine: The role of headache frequency, aura status, and comorbidities—A cross‐sectional study10
Exploring the impact of acute SARS‐CoV‐2 infection on headache pattern in patients with migraine: A novel Bayesian analysis10
Improving distress perception and mutuality in migraine caregivers after 6 months of galcanezumab treatment10
Migraine epidemiology in collegiate student‐athletes: Findings from the Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Consortium10
The link between reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome and transient global amnesia10
Causal associations between genetically predicted placental weight and migraine10
Arachnoid granulations in idiopathic intracranial hypertension: Do they have an influence?10
Efficacy and safety of rimegepant for the acute treatment of migraine in Japan: A dose‐ranging, double‐blind, randomized controlled trial10
Plain Language Summary Publication: Evaluating the use of paracetamol to prevent fasting headache during the first week of Ramadan: A randomized, open‐label, clinical trial10
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Mechanisms of change in posttraumatic headache–related disability: A mediation model10
Time to reconsider the association between migraine and white matter hyperintensities?10
The pathogenic role of calcitonin gene‐related peptide and predictors of new‐onset migraine and long‐term outcomes after transcatheter atrial septal defect closure10
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Response to: Disagreement with Categorization of Clinical Trials included in Treadwell et al. Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis10
Treatment of abdominal migraine in an 8‐year‐old child with calcitonin gene‐related peptide receptor antagonist: A case report10
Letters from nobody: The problem of AI ‐written Letters to the Editor10
Is headache always necessary for the diagnosis of rebound intracranial hypertension in patients successfully treated for cerebrospinal fluid venous fistula?10
Magnetoencephalography studies in migraine and headache disorders: A systematic review10
Cluster Analysis of Migraine‐associated Symptoms (CAMS) in youth: A retrospective cross‐sectional multicenter study10
Validity of self‐reported migraine in adolescents and children10
Correction to “Smartphone‐delivered progressive muscle relaxation for the treatment of migraine in primary care: A randomized controlled trial”10
Visual hypersensitivity in patients treated with anti‐calcitonin gene–related peptide (receptor) monoclonal antibodies10
Post hoc analysis of clinical trial data and pharmacokinetic data to assess wearing‐off of erenumab within monthly treatment cycle10
Beyond movement: Headache in patients with functional movement disorders9
Glial activation in pain and emotional processing regions in the nitroglycerin mouse model of chronic migraine9
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The importance of patient and family perspectives of clinical decisions in pediatric headache9
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Cerebrovascular reactivity to hypercapnia in patients with migraine: A dual‐echo arterial spin labeling MRI study9
Migraine and infertility, merging concepts in women's reproductive health: A narrative review9
2025 guideline update to acute treatment of migraine for adults in the emergency department: The American Headache Society evidence assessment of parenteral pharmacotherapies9
Letter to the Editor regarding “Impact of perilesional edema on severity of migraine in patients with calcified neurocysticercosis: A prospective evaluation”9
The Chronic Headache Self‐Efficacy Scale: Development and assessment of measurement properties9
Migraine, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and calcitonin gene‐related peptide antibodies9
Counting the cost: How migraine shapes lives and economies9
Migraine in the context of chronic primary pain, chronic overlapping pain disorders, and functional somatic disorders: A narrative review9
A randomized trial of ketorolac and metoclopramide for migraine in the emergency department9
Effectiveness of galcanezumab versus topiramate, amitriptyline, and other select traditional oral migraine preventives with evidence of efficacy: 3‐Month results from the TRIU9
Celebrating Headache 's 2023 graduating class of Assistant Editors9
Headache diagnosis and treatment: A pilot knowledge and needs assessment among physical therapists9
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Machine learning models and classification algorithms in the diagnosis of vestibular migraine: A systematic review and meta‐analysis8
Evaluating associations of migraine‐related vertigo8
Investigating the effects of weather on headache occurrence using a smartphone application and artificial intelligence: A retrospective observational cross‐sectional study8
Circadian functional changes of pain‐processing brainstem nuclei and implications for cluster headache: A 7 Tesla imaging study8
The status of status migrainosus: Exploring conceptual and operational limitations of International Classification of Headache Disorders criteria8
The association between posttraumatic stress disorder and migraine: A systematic review8
Symptomatic visual snow in acute ischemic stroke: A case series8
Indomethacin‐responsive idiopathic red ear syndrome: A pediatric case8
Long‐term evolution of white and gray matter structural properties in migraine8
American Headache Society 67th Annual Scientific Meeting June 19–22, 2025 Minneapolis, Minnesota8
Trainee highlights8
Comparative prevalence and characteristics of fabricated citations in large language models in headache medicine8
Efficacy and safety of rimegepant for the acute treatment of migraine in Black or African American adults: A post hoc pooled subgroup analysis from three randomized, placebo‐controlled clinical trials8
Real‐world barriers to health care utilization among people living with migraine: Insights from the All of Us Research Program8
A critical appraisal of the International Classification of Headache Disorders migraine diagnostic criteria based on a retrospective multicenter cross‐sectional headache registry study in youth8
Heavy metal and trace element alterations in patients during a migraine attack8
Effectiveness and tolerability of galcanezumab for migraine prevention in patients ≥65 years: A real‐life multicenter study8
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A placebo controlled, randomized clinical trial of galcanezumab for vestibular migraine: The INVESTMENT study8
Baseline factors associated with post‐stenting intracranial pressure in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension with venous sinus stenosis8
The effectiveness of parenteral agents for pain reduction in patients with migraine presenting to emergency settings: A systematic review and network analysis8
Patient headache questionnaires can improve headache diagnosis and treatment in children8
Identifying and predicting headache trajectories among those with acute post‐traumatic headache8
A unifying disease model of idiopathic intracranial hypertension: A narrative review8
Exploratory investigation of a patient‐informed low‐dose psilocybin pulse regimen in the suppression of cluster headache: Results from a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial8
A post hoc analysis of migraine‐associated symptoms from the phase 3 randomized, double‐blind, sham‐controlled Trial of External trigeminal nerve stimulation for the Acute treatment of Migraine ( 8
Virtual issue: Recent advances in pediatric headache: Bridging the data gap8
The 15‐day threshold in the definition of chronic migraine is reasonable and sufficient—Five reasons for not changing the ICHD‐3 definition7
Preliminary exploration of a multidimensional sleep health composite in adolescent females with frequent migraine7
Neuropathic changes in corneal nerve endings—A potential objective biomarker for migraine frequency and response to treatment7
Plain Language Summary Publication: Regulation of headache response and transcriptomic network by the trigeminal ganglion clock7
Heightened migraine risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A national retrospective cohort study7
Trainee highlights7
A study of migraine‐like headache caused by topical aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist tapinarof7
IV dexamethasone as adjuvant therapy to metoclopramide for acute posttraumatic headache in the ED : A randomized contr7
Welcoming Headache 's 2024 incoming class of Assistant Editors7
Epidemiology and characteristics of status migrainosus in a tertiary headache clinic: A retrospective cohort study7
Healthcare costs and resource utilization in patients with migraine treated with erenumab: A retrospective, non‐interventional study using claims data from the United States7
Hemicrania continua exacerbations with prodromal burping as a potential autonomic symptom7
Comfort matters: A new strategy to ease injection pain during headache treatment procedures7
Sustained response of galcanezumab in migraine prevention: Patient‐level data from a post hoc analysis in patients with episodic or chronic migraine7
Correction to “A causative role for remote dural puncture and resultant arachnoid bleb in new daily persistent headache: A case report”7
Insight of a headache medicine provider in Indian Health Service: A personal and professional observation7
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The impact of fear of attacks on pain‐related disability in cluster headache: Insights from the fear avoidance model7
Diagnostic accuracy of an artificial intelligence online engine in migraine: A multi‐center study7
Efficacy of an educational website on headaches in schoolchildren: A cluster‐randomized controlled trial7
Headache launches the publication of plain language summaries7
The complex relationship between alcohol and migraine6
Blood serum levels of PACAP and migraine onset: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies6
Multi‐region local field potential signatures and brain coherence alternations in response to nitroglycerin‐induced migraine attacks6
Good News? Bad News? Idiopathic intracranial hypertension and migraine6
Changes in gamma‐aminobutyric acid and glutamate/glutamine levels in the right thalamus of patients with episodic and chronic migraine: A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study6
Efficacy of galcanezumab in proline‐rich transmembrane protein 2 ( PRRT2 ) 6
Challenges and complexities in designing cluster headache prevention clinical trials: A narrative review6
A rare case of lupus cerebritis presenting as ictal epileptic headache: A case report6
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Case report: Treatment of temporomandibular joint disorder pain with V3 nerve block procedure6
Effects of multiple‐dose administration of zavegepant nasal spray on the single‐dose pharmacokinetics of ethinyl estradiol‐levonorgestrel6
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A multicenter, prospective, single‐arm study of 60‐day peripheral nerve stimulation of the occipital nerves for the treatment of headache6
Twenty twenty … two: Headache and COVID‐196
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Cost per treatment responder analysis of atogepant compared to rimegepant for the preventive treatment of episodic migraine6
A multicenter, randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, crossover trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of zolmitriptan nasal spray for the acute treatment of migraine in patients aged 6 to 16
Phenotype of midfacial pain in 12 new cases—A multidisciplinary idiopathic facial pain syndrome6
Development and initial validation of the Kiswahili version of the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS‐K) questionnaire6
Real world evidence of changes in CGRP monoclonal antibody and onabotulinumtoxinA prescription pra6
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Sex‐specific differences in the relationship between AHA Life's Essential 8 factors and migraine disorders: A cross‐sectional evaluation in 6
Are there differences between patients with unifocal nummular headache and those who progress to bifocal nummular headache? A retrospective observational study6
Learning headache triggers through experience: A laboratory study6
Ramadan fasting in smokers with primary headache disorders: Impact of nicotine dependence on headache frequency and severity6
Sex influences the progression of cephalic mechanical and light hypersensitivities in a mouse model of chronic migraine6
Alterations in the structure and function of the brain in adolescents with new daily persistent headache: A pilot MRI study6
Lacosamide for refractory trigeminal neuralgia and other facial pain—Case report6
Management and outcomes of persistent headache after accidental dural puncture in the obstetric population: A 9‐year prospective audit6
Pain medication beliefs in individuals with headache6
Spontaneous involution of a large pineal cyst: Case report and narrative review6
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Habitual caffeinated beverage consumption and headaches among adults with episodic migraine: A prospective cohort study6
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Potential drug interaction between calcitonin gene‐related peptide antagonists and neonatal Fc receptor inhibitors6
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Mechanisms for mindfulness in migraine: Does catastrophizing matter?5
Learnings from familial visual snow syndrome: A case series5
Circannual worsening in cluster headache correlates with daylight change5
The impact of headache intensity on speech in participants with migraine and acute post‐traumatic headache5
Retrofitted adult interventions aren't good enough: Why children and adolescents deserve tailored evidence‐based care for migraine in the emergency department5
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