Cephalalgia

Papers
(The median citation count of Cephalalgia is 4. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Efficacy of different cannabinoid compounds on migraine-like responses in female rats108
Visual snow vs. migraine aura: Debate summary and novel insights into the syndrome104
A reply, drug-induced reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: Lessons from the real world76
Harassment in the headache field: a global web-based cross-sectional survey74
Corticosteroid-dependent increased expression of CGRP and its receptor subunits within the rodent trigeminal ganglion does not prompt cephalic allodynia70
Efficacy and tolerability of combination treatment of topiramate and greater occipital nerve block versus topiramate monotherapy for the preventive treatment of chronic migraine: A randomized controll67
Persistent idiopathic facial pain: Integrating headache neurology insights into interdisciplinary guidelines62
International Classification of Headache Disorders-4 – Work in Progress 144
Introducing the four dimensions 4D migraine scale: A composite score proposal evaluating migraine severity and treatment efficacy43
Chronic Migraine Epidemiology and Outcomes – International (CaMEO-I) Study: Methods and multi-country baseline findings for diagnosis rates and care43
Genetic characterization of the endocannabinoid system and psychiatric features in patients with migraine and medication overuse headache42
Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of migraine42
Evaluating the efficacy of CGRP mAbs and gepants for the preventive treatment of migraine: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of phase 3 randomised controlled trials40
Impact of psychiatric comorbidity, resilience and executive function on childhood and adolescent headaches: A narrative review39
Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis in an antimigraine-treated preclinical model of cortical spreading depolarization38
Systemic lupus erythematosus mimicking retinal migraine: a case report38
Rethinking migraine with aura: Why cortical spreading depolarization (depression), not aura, causes headaches38
Triptan non-response in a London tertiary headache centre: What can we learn? A retrospective study35
History of maternal migraine and its association with preeclampsia: A case–control study in a low-resource setting in Sudan, Africa35
Corrigendum to: Evaluation of outcomes of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-targeting therapies for acute and preventive migraine treatment based on patient sex35
Depression screening in migraine - A double-edged sword34
Childhood and adolescent headache: A problem not to be ignored in the era of new therapies34
Comment on “What predicts citation counts and translational impact in headache research? A machine learning analysis”33
Paroxysmal hemicrania and hemicrania continua: Review on pathophysiology, clinical features and treatment33
Guidelines of the International Headache Society for controlled trials of pharmacological preventive treatment for persistent post-traumatic headache attributed to mild traumatic brain injury33
Painful nervus intermedius neuropathy attributed to Bell's palsy: The need for independent diagnostic criteria33
The effects of certain TRP channels and voltage-gated KCNQ/Kv7 channel opener retigabine on calcitonin gene-related peptide release in the trigeminovascular system32
IHC 2025 late-breaking abstracts32
Population-based prevalence of cranial autonomic symptoms in migraine and proposed diagnostic appendix criteria31
Pain sensitivities predict prophylactic treatment outcomes of flunarizine in chronic migraine patients: A prospective study31
COVID-19 vaccination-triggered cluster headache episodes with frequent attacks30
Effect of Altmetric score on manuscript citations: A randomized-controlled trial30
Comorbidity or combination – more evidence for cluster-migraine?30
An altered reward system characterizes chronic migraine with medication overuse headache30
Author response to ‘Clarification on the incidence and sex-specificity of sexual dysfunction as an adverse event of CGRP-targeting medications’30
Looking at Cephalalgia from the inside28
Sex differences in photophobic behaviors following cortical spreading depression in rats28
Case reports: Could sexual dysfunction in women with migraine be a side effect of CGRP inhibition?27
Neck pain in migraine: A narrative review and steps to correct evaluation and treatment27
Migraine and risk of atrial fibrillation: A 9-year follow-up based on the Trøndelag Health Study25
Physical impairment during and between migraine attacks: A daily diary study of patients with chronic migraine23
Immunogenicity of erenumab: A pooled analysis of six placebo-controlled trials with long-term extensions23
Greater occipital nerve block for the treatment of migraine: An umbrella review, systematic review, and meta-analysis22
Crossing the Rubicon? The future impact of artificial intelligence on headache medicine22
Genome sequencing reveals the Adgrl3 ( ADGRL3 ) gene as a possible cause of cephalic hypersensitivity in the STA rat and migraine in human22
Effect of COVID vaccination on monthly migraine days: a longitudinal cohort study22
The midfacial segment pain: little known disorder in need of scientific evaluation22
miR-382-5p and miR-34a in migraine: Expression in monocytes and a post-hoc exploratory comparison with expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells21
A placebo-controlled, randomized, single and multiple dose study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of rimegepant in healthy participants21
What is the evolutionary disadvantage of migraine?21
Galcanezumab modulates Capsaicin-induced C-fiber reactivity21
The non-decussating and decussating trigeminothalamic tracts in humans: A combination of connectome-based tractography and histological validation21
Overlap between perceived triggers, premonitory symptoms and symptom persistence across migraine phases: A REFORM study20
Real-world efficacy of galcanezumab for the treatment of migraine in Korean patients20
Guidelines of the International Headache Society for Clinic-Based Headache Registries, 1st edition20
Safety profile of monoclonal antibodies targeting the calcitonin gene-related peptide system in pregnancy: Updated analysis in VigiBase®20
Long-term open-label and real-world studies of lasmiditan, ubrogepant, and rimegepant for the acute treatment of migraine attacks20
Guidelines Update: Guidelines of the International Headache Society for controlled trials of preventive treatment of migraine in children and adolescents, 1st edition – An experience-based update20
Sensitivity of the SNNOOP10 list in the high-risk secondary headache detection19
Involvement of adenosine signaling pathway in migraine pathophysiology: A systematic review of clinical studies19
Thanks to Reviewers19
Abstracts from the International Headache Congress 14–17 September 202318
Plasma adrenomedullin levels in migraine: A registry for migraine (REFORM) study18
Alopecia as an emerging adverse event to CGRP monoclonal antibodies: Cases Series, evaluation of FAERS, and literature review18
Preclinical and clinical evaluation of LY3451838, a PACAP-neutralizing monoclonal antibody, in randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1 and phase 2 studies involving healthy adults and adu18
The “index vein” as a sign for migraine aura in the emergency setting18
Worldwide availability of medications for migraine and tension-type headache: A survey of the International Headache Society18
Migraine-attributed burden, impact and disability, and migraine-impacted quality of life: Expert consensus on definitions from a Delphi process18
Muscae volitantes: A 19th-century precursor of visual snow syndrome?18
Advancing understanding of migraine pathophysiology and therapy by consideration of patient sex18
Burden of headache in a HIV-positive population of sub-Saharan Africa18
Abnormal heart rate variability and its application in predicting treatment efficacy in patients with chronic migraine: An exploratory study17
Are the ICHD-3 criteria for headache attributed to idiopathic intracranial hypertension valid? Headache phenotyping and field-testing in newly diagnosed idiopathic intracranial hypertension17
Shared genetics and causal relationships between migraine and thyroid function traits17
Effectiveness of anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies and onabotulinumtoxinA in menstrually-related migraine: The unmet need of perimenstrual headache days17
Letter to the Editor regarding “Effect of Altmetric score on manuscript citations: A randomized-controlled trial”17
Erratum17
Brain imaging in migraine with and without aura: Similarities and differences17
The impact of eating disorders on idiopathic intracranial hypertension17
Stroke due to small-vessel disease and migraine: A case–control study of a young adult with ischemic stroke population17
Internet and social media's role in migraine education: Headache or not headache?17
Comorbidity with fibromyalgia predicted poorer outcomes in patients with chronic migraine on flunarizine: Prospective proof-of-concept study17
Corneal confocal microscopy identifies corneal nerve fiber loss in patients with migraine16
Are we closer to achieving precision medicine for migraine treatment? A narrative review16
Efficacy of eptinezumab in non-responders to subcutaneous monoclonal antibodies against CGRP and the CGRP receptor: A retrospective cohort study16
The effect of treatment onset time on acute efficacy in migraine patients treating with remote electrical neuromodulation (REN)16
Post-COVID-19 persistent headache: A multicentric 9-months follow-up study of 905 patients16
Efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibodies targeting CGRP in migraine prevention. GRADE tables elaborated by the ad hoc working group of the International Headache Society16
Premonitory symptoms in migraine: A REFORM Study16
Reply to “Methodological considerations in assessing the impact of CGRP monoclonal antibodies on blood pressure”15
Neurological and psychiatric comorbidities of migraine: Concepts and future perspectives15
Two-year, real-world erenumab persistence and quality of life data in 82 pooled patients with abrupt onset, unremitting, treatment refractory headache and a migraine phenotype: New daily persistent he15
Cigarette smoking history (personal and secondary childhood exposure) in non-cluster headache trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias: A clinic based study15
Corrigendum: No structural brain alterations in new daily persistent headache – a cross sectional VBM/SBM study15
Guidelines of the International Headache Society for Controlled Clinical Trials in Cluster Headache15
Avoidance behaviour modulates but does not condition phonophobia in migraine15
Longitudinal trajectories of posttraumatic headache after pediatric mild traumatic brain injury15
Board Walk – April 202215
Exploring the association between familial hemiplegic migraine genes (CACNA1A, ATP1A2 and SCN1A) with migraine and epilepsy: A UK Biobank exome-wide association study15
Bridging the gaps of headache care for underserved populations: Current status of the headache field in Latin America14
“Wearing-off” efficacy of CGRP monoclonal antibodies for migraine prevention: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials14
New migraine drugs: A critical appraisal of the reason why the majority of migraine patients do not receive an adequate medication14
Children under 6 years with acute headache in Pediatric Emergency Departments. A 2-year retrospective exploratory multicenter Italian study14
The clinical outcome of patients starting monoclonal antibodies anti-CGRP with concomitant migraine preventive treatments14
Comment on “Lack of reproducibility of resting-state functional MRI findings in migraine with aura”14
Switching anti-CGRP(R) monoclonal antibodies in multi-assessed non-responder patients and implications for ineffectiveness criteria: A retrospective cohort study14
Recurrent Painful Ophthalmoplegic Neuropathy: A case report with atypical features and a review of the literature14
Proposed general diagnostic criteria for secondary headaches14
Electrophysiological findings in migraine may reflect abnormal synaptic plasticity mechanisms: A narrative review14
Prevalence and treatment of typical and atypical headaches in patients with Chiari I malformation: A meta-analysis and literature review14
Prevalence of neck pain in migraine: A systematic review and meta-analysis13
Efficacy and safety of eptinezumab in a predominantly Asian population with chronic migraine: Results of the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled SUNRISE trial13
Mutation screening and association analysis of NOTCH3 p.R544C in patients with migraine with or without aura13
Headache at the chronic stage of cerebral venous thrombosis13
Research to improve headache classification: Results, methods, and future challenges13
Comparison of continuous headache features in youth with migraine, new daily persistent headache, and persistent post-traumatic headache13
The long-term effect of work schedule, shift work disorder, insomnia and restless legs syndrome on headache among nurses: A prospective longitudinal cohort study13
Hypnic Headache – What do we know in 2022?13
It's not either-or: Why migraine care needs both real-world evidence studies and randomized controlled trials13
Other primary headaches: Distinct clinical features and uncertain pathophysiology12
Hypersensitivity to CGRP as a predictive biomarker of migraine prevention with erenumab12
Cephalalgia: a legacy of excellence, a vision for tomorrow12
Open-label trials for CGRP-targeted drugs in migraine prevention: A narrative review12
Generative chatbots in headache education and research: A narrative review12
Adjunctive occipital nerve block for emergency treatment of acute migraine: A randomized, controlled trial12
Late Breaking Author Index12
Opening of ATP-sensitive potassium channels activates meningeal nociceptors: Implications for the origin of migraine headache12
Oxygen inhalation has no effect on provoked cranial autonomic symptoms using kinetic oscillation stimulation in healthy volunteers11
Transition of headache care from childhood to adulthood: Focusing needs, barriers, and models of care. A position paper of the IHS Child and Adolescent Committee11
Orofacial pain for clinicians: A review of constant and attack-like facial pain syndromes11
Safety and tolerability of fremanezumab in patients with episodic and chronic migraine: a pooled analysis of phase 3 studies11
A need for an expert consensus guideline on performing peripheral nerve blocks in headache patients11
An evolving machine-learning-based algorithm to early predict response to anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies in patients with migraine11
Recovery and long-term outcome after neurosurgical closure of spinal CSF leaks in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension11
Timing of headache after COVID-19 vaccines and its association with cerebrovascular events: An analysis of 41,700 VAERS reports11
Persistent headache attributed to past cervicocephalic artery dissection: clinical characteristics and contributors to headache persistence11
Migraine and the risk of stroke in a middle-aged and elderly population: A prospective cohort study11
How migraine and its associated treatment impact on pregnancy outcomes: Umbrella review with updated systematic review and meta-analysis11
Comment on ‘'Correlation between endometriosis and migraine features: Results from a prospective case-control study'‘11
Multidisciplinary headache treatment with work-focus in Norway: An observational study11
The psychometric properties of an e-headache diary in migraine11
Longitudinal differences in iron deposition in periaqueductal gray matter and anterior cingulate cortex are associated with response to erenumab in migraine11
Epicranial headaches part 2: Nummular headache and epicrania fugax11
Personal view: Modelling pain mechanisms of migraine without aura11
Addressing unmet needs in migraine: Real-world fremanezumab effectiveness in participants of the PEARL study with at least three prior preventive treatment failures11
Phenotyping non-idiopathic pseudotumor cerebri syndrome – A prospective cohort study10
Primary headache disorders in adolescents in North- and South-Tyrol: Findings of the EVA-Tyrol-Study10
It is a long way to the top if you wanna citations?10
Developing an artificial intelligence-based headache diagnostic model and its utility for non-specialists’ diagnostic accuracy10
Reaching international consensus on the definition of refractory migraine using the Delphi method10
The SIH-EBP Score: A grading scale to predict the response to the first epidural blood patch in spontaneous intracranial hypotension10
Substance P and the trigeminovascular system: From preclinical mechanisms to human headache induction10
Open label experience of repeated OnabotulinumtoxinA injections towards the sphenopalatine ganglion in patients with chronic cluster headache and chronic migraine10
Visual snow syndrome is probably not mediated by CGRP: A case series10
Pathophysiology of cluster headache: From the trigeminovascular system to the cerebral networks10
Migraine and risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A population-based cohort study10
Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for prevention of migraine: The multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled PREMIUM II trial10
Migraine and insufficient sleep: The effect of sleep restriction on nociceptive evoked potentials in migraine10
Lack of a direct link between macular cones function and photophobia in interictal migraine10
Update in the understanding of new daily persistent headache10
Reviewing the complex relationship between circadian rhythms and cluster headache10
Overuse of analgesics can affect the fertility biomarker Anti-Müllerian Hormone in females. A translational study10
Health care resource utilization and costs associated with diagnosed medication overuse headache and potential acute medication overuse in individuals with migraine10
Treatment experiences and clinical characteristics in migraine and tension-type headache patients before the first visit to a tertiary headache center10
Investigations of the migraine-provoking effect of levcromakalim in patients with migraine with aura9
The evolutionary meaning of migraine9
Cranial autonomic symptoms as a protective mechanism in patients with chronic migraine: A cross-sectional study9
Functional magnetic resonance imaging in migraine: A systematic review9
A narrative review of app- and internet-delivered headache interventions: From ideation to implementation and the future9
Effectiveness of physiotherapy interventions on headache intensity, frequency, duration and quality of life of patients with tension-type headache. A systematic review and network meta-analysis9
Investigations of the subarachnoid space as a potential link between aura and headache in migraine: A case-control MRI study9
Effectiveness of anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies on central symptoms of migraine9
Identification of brain areas in mice with peak neural activity across the acute and persistent phases of post-traumatic headache9
NCOR2 is a novel candidate gene for migraine-epilepsy phenotype9
Cannabinoids rescue migraine symptoms caused by central CGRP administration in mice9
Bioequivalence of rimegepant, a small molecule CGRP receptor antagonist, administered as an oral tablet, a sublingual orally disintegrating tablet, and a supralingual orally disintegrating tablet: two9
FollowTheSutures: Piloting a new way to administer onabotulinumtoxinA for chronic migraine9
Studying migraine as a risk factor for stroke: The importance of working with an explicit causal framework9
Update on cough, exertional and sex headache9
ANODYNE study: A double-blind randomized trial of greater occipital nerve block of methylprednisolone and lignocaine versus placebo as a transitional preventive treatment for episodic cluster headache9
Evoked potential studies in migraine: A systematic review of neurophysiological patterns across migraine subtypes9
Transition of cluster headache phenotype: An interview-based study9
Corrigendum to: “CLOCK gene circannual expression in cluster headache”8
Effect of KATP channel blocker glibenclamide on PACAP38-induced headache and hemodynamic8
Pharmacologic characterization of atogepant: A potent and selective calcitonin gene–related peptide receptor antagonist8
Enhanced audiovisual associative pair learning in migraine without aura in adult patients: An unexpected finding8
What's a migraine day? Analysis of the variety in the definition of a migraine day across phase III trials with drugs targeting the CGRP pathway8
Identification of patients with chronic migraine by using sensory-evoked oscillations from the electroencephalogram classifier8
The monoclonal CGRP-receptor blocking antibody erenumab has different effects on brainstem and cortical sensory-evoked responses8
A randomized open-label study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of once-daily rimegepant 75 mg orally disintegrating tablet for the short-term preventive treatment of fasting-triggered headache8
Prolonged headache with vaccine- and dose-specific headache pattern associated with vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with migraine8
Comment on: Setting higher standards for migraine prevention: A position statement of the International Headache Society8
Characteristics of pre-cluster symptoms in cluster headache: A cross-sectional multicentre study8
The prevalence of headache disorders in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature8
Diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension: A proposal for evidence-based diagnostic criteria8
Inhibiting PAC1 receptor internalization and endosomal ERK pathway activation may ameliorate hyperalgesia in a chronic migraine rat model7
Building community and visibility: A year of social media growth for Cephalalgia7
Author Index7
CLOCK gene circannual expression in cluster headache7
Preventive CGRP-targeted therapies for chronic migraine with and without medication-overuse headache7
Complementary, but not equivalent: Clarifying the role of RWE and RCT in migraine research7
Continuous positive airway pressure in cluster headache: A randomized, placebo-controlled, triple-blind, crossover study7
Thanks to Reviewers7
Raising the bar in migraine prevention: Toward freedom and optimal control7
Prevalence, clinical characteristics and associated factors of cardiac cephalalgia: A prospective study7
Nerve matters: Longitudinal microstructural change in the trigeminal nerve is associated with durable pain relief after surgery for trigeminal neuralgia7
Neuromodulation in trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias: 11-year experience of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation7
What proportion of people with migraine report postdromal symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies7
Pharmacological modulation of ventral tegmental area neurons elicits changes in trigeminovascular sensory processing and is accompanied by glycemic changes: Implications for migraine7
Functional brainstem representations of the human trigeminal cervical complex7
Sensitizing effect of antimigraine drug sumatriptan on capsaicin-sensitive lung vagal neurons via 5-HT 1B/1D receptors and PKA: Relevance to adverse chest effects7
Methodology of drug trials in migraine: History and suggestions for the future7
Calcitonin receptor antibody validation and expression in the rodent brain7
Longitudinal analysis of pain-induced brain activations in post-traumatic headache7
Migraine stigma and general knowledge of migraine: A cross-sectional European survey7
A response: Update on cough, exertional and sex headache7
Clinical analysis of 30 cases of cardiac cephalalgia7
Epidemiology and clinical features of short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks: A systematic review and meta-analysis7
Diagnosis, knowledge, perception, and productivity impact of headache education and clinical evaluation program in the workplace at an information technology company of more than 70,000 employees7
A comparative study on prophylactic efficacy of cinnarizine and amitriptyline in childhood migraine: a randomized double-blind clinical trial7
Minimal important difference of the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS): Longitudinal data from the DMKG Headache Registry7
Medication “underuse” headache7
An analysis of diffusion tensor imaging in classical trigeminal neuralgia6
Biodistribution of atogepant and rimegepant in mouse peripheral and central structures of relevance to migraine pathogenesis6
Clarification on the incidence and sex-specificity of sexual dysfunction as an adverse event of CGRP-targeting medications6
New migraine drugs6
The role of cytokines in migraine: A systematic review6
A male-specific mechanism of meningeal nociceptor sensitization promoting migraine headache6
Placebo and nocebo in the treatment of migraine: How much does real world effectiveness depend on contextual effects?6
PACAP versus CGRP in migraine: From mouse models to clinical translation6
Management of persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) – An international Delphi study6
Promoting excellence in scientific peer review: The Cephalalgia Reviewer Academy6
Response to letter to the editor: “What predicts citation counts and translational impact in headache research? A machine learning analysis”6
Headache characteristics and postoperative course in Chiari I malformation6
The epidemiology of airplane headache: A cross-sectional study on point prevalence and characteristics in 50,000 travelers6
The effect of blood pressure lowering medications on the prevention of episodic migraine: A systematic review and meta-analysis6
Differences in cortical morphometry between persistent post-traumatic headache, migraine and healthy controls6
Impact and care gaps of headache disorders in active-duty military personnel: A cross-sectional study from a European armed forces population6
Pediatric screen exposure and school related headache disability6
Effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation and monoclonal antibodies acting on the CGRP as a combined treatment for migraine (TACTIC): Results of a randomized controlled trial6
DNA-methylation and immunological response in medication overuse headache6
What do patients’ efficacy and tolerability ratings of acute migraine medication tell us? Cross-sectional data from the DMKG Headache Registry6
Effects of substance P on headache induction and arterial dilation in healthy adults6
Indirect crosstalk between signalling pathways activated by CGRP and Piezo1 in human iPSC-derived endothelial cells relevant to migraine6
Head/neck pain characteristics after spontaneous cervical artery dissection in the acute phase and on a long-run5
New migraine prophylactic drugs: Current evidence and practical suggestions for non-responders to prior therapy5
Long-term outcomes of nummular headache: A series of 168 patients and 1198 patient-years of follow-up5
Evaluation of the ICHD-3 diagnostic criteria for cardiac cephalalgia and new proposal5
Migraine is the most disabling neurological disease among children and adolescents, and second after stroke among adults: A call to action5
COVID-19 vaccination elicited de novo and recurrence of cluster headache: A case series5
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