Randomised clinical trial comparing melatonin 3 mg, amitriptyline 25 mg and placebo for migraine prevention

AL Gonçalves, AM Ferreira, RT Ribeiro… - Journal of Neurology …, 2016 - jnnp.bmj.com
Introduction Melatonin has been studied in headache disorders. Amitriptyline is efficacious
for migraine prevention, but its unfavourable side effect profile limits its use. Methods A …

Psychological trauma in chronic pain: implications of PTSD for fibromyalgia and headache disorders

JFP Peres, AL Gonçalves, MFP Peres - Current pain and headache …, 2009 - Springer
The association of traumatic exposures with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other
mental health conditions is well known. Patients with chronic pain, particularly headache …

Migraine, tension-type headache, and transformed migraine

MFP Peres, AL Gonçalves… - Current Pain and …, 2007 - Springer
Migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) are highly prevalent primary headaches that
remain underdiagnosed and undertreated in clinical practice. The similarities and …

[HTML][HTML] Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: case report

AL Gonçalves, MR Masruha, CC Campos… - Arquivos de neuro …, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder
characterized by postnatal progressive heterotopic ossification of the connective tissue and …

[HTML][HTML] Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis

AL Gonçalves, MR Masruha, H Carrete Jr… - Arquivos de neuro …, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
DISCUSSION PDLG is a rare disease. It is characterized by a glioma, usually an
astrocytoma, which arises in the leptomeninges of the brain or spinal cord with no …

The need for preventive therapy in primary headaches

MFP Peres, DK Amado, AL Gonçalves… - Headache …, 2011 - headachemedicine.com.br
Introduction: Primary headaches are common conditions. In Brazil, the prevalence of
migraine is 15.2%, tension-type headache 13% and chronic daily headache (CDH) 6.9 …

[HTML][HTML] Traditional biomarkers in narcolepsy: experience of a Brazilian sleep centre

FMS Coelho, M Pradella-Hallinan… - Arquivos de neuro …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
This study was thought to characterized clinical and laboratory findings of a narcoleptic
patients in an out patients unit at São Paulo, Brazil. METHOD: 28 patients underwent …

[HTML][HTML] Interictal abnormal fMRI activation of visual areas during a motor task cued by visual stimuli in migraine

AB Conforto, KT Chaim, MFP Peres… - Einstein (São …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Objective To assess changes in blood-oxygen-level-dependent activity after light deprivation
compared to regular light exposure in subjects with migraine in the interictal state and in …

Orexin-A CSF levels correlate with anxiety but not excessive daytime sleepiness in chronic migraine

MFP Peres, DS Vieira, MR Masruha… - Headache …, 2011 - headachemedicine.com.br
Background: The hypothalamus is a key brain region in the control of energy metabolism,
sleep and circadian rhythms, stress and anxiety, food intake, sexual and reproductive …

Cluster headache: review of current understandings

RT Ribeiro, AL Gonçalves, ME Nobre… - Headache …, 2012 - headachemedicine.com.br
Cluster headache (CH) is the trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia whose pain is considered to
be one of the most severe known to man. Although diagnosed less frequently than migraine …