Headache

Papers
(The median citation count of Headache is 1. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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Anxiety, depression, and headache‐related disability in a large pediatric clinic–based sample135
Genetic migraine disorders and the response to calcitonin gene‐related peptide antagonist treatment98
Facial variant of epicrania fugax secondary to a cerebellopontine angle meningioma83
Pilot study evaluating treatment with sumatriptan for moderate to severe post‐traumatic headache: A phase 2 open‐label study58
A retrospective analysis of the use of candesartan for migraine prevention in adolescents56
Migraine and peripheral pain models show differential alterations in neuronal complexity45
Erratum45
Assessing the influence of migraine on ischemic penumbra and on the prognosis of ischemic stroke: A prospective cohort study40
Evidence for increased background neural noise in migraine with aura: Hyperactive but not hyperresponsive38
Identifying cognitive‐affective mechanisms underlying disability in episodic migraine: Using the fear avoidance model to examine interactions38
Virtual issue: Education in headache medicine: Insights and advancements from 2023 to 202435
Effect of caffeine and caffeine cessation on cerebrovascular reactivity in patients with migraine33
Migraine screening in English and Spanish31
Migraine treatment in pregnancy: A survey of comfort and treatment practices of women's healthcare providers31
Persistence, effectiveness, and tolerability of anti‐calcitonin gene–related peptide monoclonal antibodies in patients with chronic migraine31
Drug‐resistant epicrania fugax: Responding to onabotulinumtoxinA30
Normal glymphatic system function in patients with new daily persistent headache using diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space30
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 clin30
A 52‐week open‐label extension study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral rimegepant for the preventive treatment of migraine30
Popping the balloon: Abrupt onset of a spinal CSF leak and spontaneous intracranial hypotension in idiopathic intracranial hypertension, a case report29
The impacts of migraine on functioning: Results from two qualitative studies of people living with migraine29
Neuromodulation for primary headache disorders: Advantages and challenges27
Sequential administration of peripheral nerve blocks and  onabotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of chronic migraine and other headache disorders—A ret26
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
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A retrospective review of sex differences of white matter hyperintensities in brain MRI of patients with migraine26
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
Skin wetness sensitivity across body sites commonly affected by pain in people with migraine25
Sex and gender: Opportunities to expand research and understanding within headache medicine25
Effect of erenumab versus other migraine preventive medications on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular outcomes: A United States claims database‐based observational cohort study24
Patient preference for early onset of efficacy of preventive migraine treatments24
Patient headache questionnaires can improve headache diagnosis and treatment in children23
Long‐term efficacy and safety of erenumab in patients with chronic migraine and acute medication overuse: A subgroup analysis23
Headache and psychological variables as predictors of disability in individuals with primary headache disorders23
Crystal‐clear days and unclear days in migraine: A population‐based study23
Patients with chronic post‐dural puncture headache do not have typical imaging features of intracranial hypotension: An MRI study using the Bern scor23
Dietary sodium and headache are linked by cerebrospinal fluid sodium concentration to sodium‐specific appetite, tolerance, and perceptive reward23
The teaching of headache medicine in France: A questionnaire‐based study23
CCH attack frequency reduction after psilocybin correlates with hypothalamic functional connectivity22
Prevalence of primary stabbing headache: A meta‐analysis22
TRPM3 activation causes CGRP release in trigeminal neurons: Implications for migraine mechanisms22
Routine migraine screening as a standard of care for Women's health: A position statement from the American Headache Society22
Patient‐reported experiences with migraine‐related cognitive symptoms: Results of the MiCOAS qualitative study22
Remote electrical neuromodulation to treat children and adolescents with migraine in the emergency department: A randomized double‐dummy pilot trial21
Treatment effectiveness of galcanezumab versus traditional oral migraine preventive medications at 3 months: Results from the TRIUMPH study21
The 2024 Headache editorial board Conflict of Interest Declarations21
Challenges and opportunities for estimating and assessing migraine prevalence, incidence and impact across study populations and methodologies: Bridging global and United Stat20
Assessing blood pressure changes and hypertension‐related outcomes in patients with migraine treated with erenumab: A systematic review and meta‐analysis19
Issue Information19
Protracted headache after COVID‐19: A case series of 31 patients from a tertiary headache center18
Validation of a Portuguese version of the four‐item Migraine Interictal Burden Scale18
Dystonia phenomenology and treatment response in migraine18
The elephant in the room: How the underfunding of headache research stunts the field18
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Prevalence, characteristics, and factors associated with caffeine‐withdrawal headache during the first day of Ramadan18
Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy with headache and oculomotor palsy 18 years apart18
OnabotulinumtoxinA as a promising treatment for primary trochlear headache: A retrospective case series18
Headache and acute cerebrovascular disease: How do we differentiate primary and secondary headache disorders in the emergency setting?18
Engagement and predictors of use of a smartphone app for migraine self‐management: A secondary analysis of the EMMA trial17
Intravenous magnesium and methocarbamol for acute pain crises in refractory trigeminal neuralgia: A retrospective analysis17
A large language model–based generative natural language processing framework fine‐tuned on clinical notes accurately extracts headache frequency from electronic health records17
Changes in cognitive appraisal in a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy for patients with migraine16
Socioeconomic and geographic inequalities in headache disability in Brazil: The 2019 National Health Survey16
Burden of migraine in Brazil: A cross‐sectional real‐world study16
Sustained benefits of onabotulinumtoxinA treatment in chronic migraine: An analysis of the pooled Phase 3 REsearch Evaluating Migraine Prophylaxis Therapy (PREEMPT) randomized controlled trials16
Emergency department utilization among patients who receive outpatient specialty care for headache: A retrospective cohort study analysis16
Evaluation of vascular risk in patients with migraine with and without aura treated with erenumab: Post hoc analysis of pooled long‐term clinical trial data16
Alcohol as a trigger of migraine attacks in people with migraine. Results from a large prospective cohort study in English‐speaking countries16
Post‐vaccination headache reporting: Trends according to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System16
The 2025 Headache Editorial Board conflict of interest declarations16
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Red flags in headache care15
Plain Language Summary Publication: Investigating the causal and genetic relationship between migraine and Parkinson’s disease15
Prediction of individual trigeminal pain sensitivity from gray matter structure within the sensorimotor network15
Headache in individuals undergoing hormone therapy for gender transition: A cross‐sectional, observational study15
Essential components of care in a multidisciplinary headache center: Perspectives from headache neurology specialists15
Issue Information15
Different dosage regimens of erenumab for the treatment of migraine: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the efficacy and safety of randomized controlled trials15
Afterimage duration differs for migraine with or without aura15
Development and pharmacological characterization of novel multi‐ calcitonin gene‐related peptide and pituitary adenylate cyclase‐activating peptide receptor antagonists15
Clinical factors associated with day‐to‐day peak pain severity in individuals with chronic migraine: A cohort study using daily prospective diary data14
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Challenges in the management of new daily persistent headache at a tertiary headache center—A retrospective real‐world evidence study14
Remote electrical neuromodulation for reducing procedural pain in patients with chronic migraine receiving onabotulinumtoxinA injections: A randomize14
Effect of galcanezumab in women with episodic migraine meeting criteria for menstrually related migraine: A post hoc analysis of EVOLVE ‐1 and 14
Melatonin for migraine prevention in children and adolescents: A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial after single‐blind placebo lead‐in14
Decision‐making impairment under ambiguity but not under risk may underlie medication overuse in patients with chronic migraine14
Basic Science Prize Award 202414
Eicosapentaenoic acid versus placebo as adjunctive therapy in chronic migraine: A randomized controlled trial14
The cortical spreading depression/migraine aura hypothesis – Finally some definitive evidence14
Intracranial hypotension as a contributor to isolated cortical vein thrombosis13
Effect of wildfire smoke on primary headache disorders remains unclear13
Plasma calcitonin gene–related peptide and nerve growth factor as headache and pain biomarkers in recently deployed soldiers with and without a recent concussion13
Arachnoid granulations in idiopathic intracranial hypertension: Do they have an influence?13
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 parenteral13
Characterization of trigeminal C‐fiber reactivity through capsaicin‐induced release of calcitonin gene‐related peptide13
Essential but often overlooked reporting elements for Headache manuscripts13
Letters from nobody: The problem of AI ‐written Letters to the Editor13
Beyond aura: Understanding migraine as a cycling pan‐sensory threshold disease13
American Headache Society 64th Annual Scientific Meeting June 9–12, 2022 Denver, Colorado13
Factors associated with efficacy of occipital nerve stimulation in medically intractable chronic cluster headache12
Are psychological interventions efficacious for adults with migraine? A systematic review and meta‐analysis12
Issue Information12
Digital headache self‐management interventions for patients with a primary headache disorder: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials12
Comparison and predictors of chronic migraine vs. new daily persistent headache presenting with a chronic migraine phenotype12
Headache in transgender men using gender‐affirming hormone therapy: A case–control study12
Treatment of abdominal migraine in an 8‐year‐old child with calcitonin gene‐related peptide receptor antagonist: A case report12
Efficacy and safety of rimegepant for the acute treatment of migraine in Japan: A dose‐ranging, double‐blind, randomized controlled trial12
Long‐term effectiveness of eptinezumab in the treatment of patients with chronic migraine and medication‐overuse headache12
Correction to “Smartphone‐delivered progressive muscle relaxation for the treatment of migraine in primary care: A randomized controlled trial”11
Clinical characteristics and patient‐reported outcomes of chronic and episodic migraine patients at a US tertiary headache center: A retrospective observational study11
Reducing the physical, social, and emotional impact of episodic migraine: Results from erenumab STRIVE and ARISE phase III randomized trials11
Insomnia severity in migraine: The role of headache frequency, aura status, and comorbidities—A cross‐sectional study11
Response to: Disagreement with Categorization of Clinical Trials included in Treadwell et al. Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis11
Zavegepant nasal spray for the acute treatment of migraine: A Phase 2/3 double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled, dose‐ranging trial11
A randomized trial of ketorolac and metoclopramide for migraine in the emergency department11
Causal associations between genetically predicted placental weight and migraine11
Secondary nummular headache: Are they more common than we thought?11
Validity of self‐reported migraine in adolescents and children10
The impact of updates in headache quality measures on adherence to best practices in a neurology resident clinic: A quality improvement study10
The link between reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome and transient global amnesia10
Visual hypersensitivity in patients treated with anti‐calcitonin gene–related peptide (receptor) monoclonal antibodies10
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Post hoc analysis of clinical trial data and pharmacokinetic data to assess wearing‐off of erenumab within monthly treatment cycle10
Issue Information10
Migraine epidemiology in collegiate student‐athletes: Findings from the Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Consortium10
Issue Information10
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
Exploring the impact of acute SARS‐CoV‐2 infection on headache pattern in patients with migraine: A novel Bayesian analysis10
Blink reflex: A practical test to evaluate the trigeminal nerve injury following percutaneous balloon compression for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia10
Glial activation in pain and emotional processing regions in the nitroglycerin mouse model of chronic migraine9
Migraine in the context of chronic primary pain, chronic overlapping pain disorders, and functional somatic disorders: A narrative review9
Cluster Analysis of Migraine‐associated Symptoms (CAMS) in youth: A retrospective cross‐sectional multicenter study9
Real‐world barriers to health care utilization among people living with migraine: Insights from the All of Us Research Program9
The pathogenic role of calcitonin gene‐related peptide and predictors of new‐onset migraine and long‐term outcomes after transcatheter atrial septal defect closure9
Headache diagnosis and treatment: A pilot knowledge and needs assessment among physical therapists9
Patient headache questionnaires can improve headache diagnosis and treatment in children9
Celebrating Headache 's 2023 graduating class of Assistant Editors9
Migraine and infertility, merging concepts in women's reproductive health: A narrative review9
Magnetoencephalography studies in migraine and headache disorders: A systematic review9
Improving distress perception and mutuality in migraine caregivers after 6 months of galcanezumab treatment9
2025 guideline update to acute treatment of migraine for adults in the emergency department: The American Headache Society evidence assessment of parenteral pharmacotherapies9
Issue Information9
The Chronic Headache Self‐Efficacy Scale: Development and assessment of measurement properties9
Identifying and predicting headache trajectories among those with acute post‐traumatic headache9
Counting the cost: How migraine shapes lives and economies9
Beyond movement: Headache in patients with functional movement disorders9
Mechanisms of change in posttraumatic headache–related disability: A mediation model9
Time to reconsider the association between migraine and white matter hyperintensities?9
Letter to the Editor regarding “Impact of perilesional edema on severity of migraine in patients with calcified neurocysticercosis: A prospective evaluation”9
Effectiveness and tolerability of galcanezumab for migraine prevention in patients ≥65 years: A real‐life multicenter study9
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Symptomatic visual snow in acute ischemic stroke: A case series9
The effectiveness of parenteral agents for pain reduction in patients with migraine presenting to emergency settings: A systematic review and network analysis9
Virtual issue: Recent advances in pediatric headache: Bridging the data gap8
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Circadian functional changes of pain‐processing brainstem nuclei and implications for cluster headache: A 7 Tesla imaging study8
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
Evaluating associations of migraine‐related vertigo8
Efficacy of an educational website on headaches in schoolchildren: A cluster‐randomized controlled trial8
Neuropathic changes in corneal nerve endings—A potential objective biomarker for migraine frequency and response to treatment8
Trainee highlights8
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
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The importance of patient and family perspectives of clinical decisions in pediatric headache8
Cerebrovascular reactivity to hypercapnia in patients with migraine: A dual‐echo arterial spin labeling MRI study8
Heightened migraine risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A national retrospective cohort study8
Machine learning models and classification algorithms in the diagnosis of vestibular migraine: A systematic review and meta‐analysis8
American Headache Society 67th Annual Scientific Meeting June 19–22, 2025 Minneapolis, Minnesota8
A unifying disease model of idiopathic intracranial hypertension: A narrative review8
Long‐term evolution of white and gray matter structural properties in migraine8
Migraine, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and calcitonin gene‐related peptide antibodies8
Heavy metal and trace element alterations in patients during a migraine attack8
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
The impact of fear of attacks on pain‐related disability in cluster headache: Insights from the fear avoidance model8
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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 7
Ramadan fasting in smokers with primary headache disorders: Impact of nicotine dependence on headache frequency and severity7
Learning headache triggers through experience: A laboratory study7
Trainee highlights7
Plain Language Summary Publication: Regulation of headache response and transcriptomic network by the trigeminal ganglion clock7
Baseline factors associated with post‐stenting intracranial pressure in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension with venous sinus stenosis7
Healthcare costs and resource utilization in patients with migraine treated with erenumab: A retrospective, non‐interventional study using claims data from the United States7
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Headache basic science prize7
Indomethacin‐responsive idiopathic red ear syndrome: A pediatric case7
Twenty twenty … two: Headache and COVID‐197
Investigating the effects of weather on headache occurrence using a smartphone application and artificial intelligence: A retrospective observational cross‐sectional study7
Good News? Bad News? Idiopathic intracranial hypertension and migraine7
Sustained response of galcanezumab in migraine prevention: Patient‐level data from a post hoc analysis in patients with episodic or chronic migraine7
Potential drug interaction between calcitonin gene‐related peptide antagonists and neonatal Fc receptor inhibitors7
The 15‐day threshold in the definition of chronic migraine is reasonable and sufficient—Five reasons for not changing the ICHD‐3 definition7
Insight of a headache medicine provider in Indian Health Service: A personal and professional observation7
Comparative prevalence and characteristics of fabricated citations in large language models in headache medicine7
Preliminary exploration of a multidimensional sleep health composite in adolescent females with frequent migraine7
Intranasal treatment of cluster headache: A response7
A placebo controlled, randomized clinical trial of galcanezumab for vestibular migraine: The INVESTMENT study7
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Phenotype of midfacial pain in 12 new cases—A multidisciplinary idiopathic facial pain syndrome7
Headache launches the publication of plain language summaries7
Multi‐region local field potential signatures and brain coherence alternations in response to nitroglycerin‐induced migraine attacks7
Lacosamide for refractory trigeminal neuralgia and other facial pain—Case report7
Different characteristics of cortical spreading depression in the sleep and wake states7
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Welcoming Headache 's 2024 incoming class of Assistant Editors7
Correction to “A causative role for remote dural puncture and resultant arachnoid bleb in new daily persistent headache: A case report”7
Diagnostic accuracy of an artificial intelligence online engine in migraine: A multi‐center study7
Asking the right questions: The value of headache specialty care7
Challenges and complexities in designing cluster headache prevention clinical trials: A narrative review6
Pain medication beliefs in individuals with headache6
Management and outcomes of persistent headache after accidental dural puncture in the obstetric population: A 9‐year prospective audit6
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Spontaneous involution of a large pineal cyst: Case report and narrative review6
Patterns of clinical and imaging presentations in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension due to spinal cerebrospinal fluid venous fistula: A single‐center retrospective cross‐sectional stu6
Development and initial validation of the Kiswahili version of the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS‐K) questionnaire6
The complex relationship between alcohol and 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
New insight into the neural mechanisms of migraine in adolescents: Relationships with sleep6
Headache neuroimaging: A survey of current practice, barriers, and facilitators to optimal use6
Challenges and complexities in designing cluster headache prevention clinical trials: A narrative review6
Persistence of headache and its relation to other major sequelae following traumatic brain injury at 2–8 years after deployment‐related traumatic brain injury in veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq wars6
Long‐term reductions in acute headache medication use after eptinezumab treatment in patients with migraine and prior preventive treatment failures: Post hoc analysis of the D6
Author response to comments on our article “Impact of perilesional edema on severity of migraine in patients with calcified neurocysticercosis: A prospective evaluation”6
Efficacy of galcanezumab in proline‐rich transmembrane protein 2 ( PRRT2 ) 6
Effects of multiple‐dose administration of zavegepant nasal spray on the single‐dose pharmacokinetics of ethinyl estradiol‐levonorgestrel6
A rare case of lupus cerebritis presenting as ictal epileptic headache: A case report6
A qualitative evidence synthesis of patient perspectives on migraine treatment features and outcomes6
Case report: Treatment of temporomandibular joint disorder pain with V3 nerve block procedure6
Blood serum levels of PACAP and migraine onset: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies6
Sex influences the progression of cephalic mechanical and light hypersensitivities in a mouse model of chronic migraine6
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Adverse childhood experiences and onset of migraine in Canadian adolescents: A cohort study6
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
Study participant impression of use and satisfaction with STS101 (dihydroergotamine nasal powder): Results from the open‐label ASCEND acute migraine study6
Real world evidence of changes in CGRP monoclonal antibody and onabotulinumtoxinA prescription pra6
Habitual caffeinated beverage consumption and headaches among adults with episodic migraine: A prospective cohort study6
Altered brain functional connectivity in patients with tension‐type headache6
Patient preferences for preventive migraine treatments among Canadian adults: A discrete choice experiment6
Trainee highlights6
Alterations in the structure and function of the brain in adolescents with new daily persistent headache: A pilot MRI study6
Cost per treatment responder analysis of atogepant compared to rimegepant for the preventive treatment of episodic migraine6
A multicenter, prospective, single‐arm study of 60‐day peripheral nerve stimulation of the occipital nerves for the treatment of headache6
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Are there differences between patients with unifocal nummular headache and those who progress to bifocal nummular headache? A retrospective observational study6
Implementing screening and treatment for adverse childhood experiences in pediatric patients with headache at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia5
Cerebrospinal fluid and serum biomarkers in idiopathic intracranial hypertension: A systematic review5
Biomarkers in cluster headache: A systematic review5
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Exploring the relationship between pain catastrophizing and migraine in youth: A longitudinal clinical cohort study5
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