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Abstract #2639

Episodic menstrual migraine patients exhibit white matter microstructural changes compared to hormonal controls

Ana R Fouto1, Rita G Nunes1, Irene Guadilla1,2, Amparo Ruiz-Tagle1, Inês Esteves1, Gina Caetano1, Nuno A Silva3, Pedro Vilela4, Raquel Gil-Gouveia5,6, and Patrícia Figueiredo1
1Institute for Systems and Robotics - Lisboa and Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 3Learning Health, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, 4Imaging Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, 5Neurology Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, 6Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal

Synopsis

Keywords: White Matter, Diffusion/other diffusion imaging techniques, MigraineMigraine is one of the most prevalent brain disorders worldwide. Although features extracted from diffusion MRI have been suggested to hold potential as disease biomarkers, research outputs remain inconsistent across studies. We investigated voxelwise microstructural alterations in episodic menstrual migraine patients (interictal phase) and appropriate hormonal controls (post-ovulation) by comparing diffusion-tensor and diffusion-kurtosis imaging metrics. Moreover, we extracted histogram measures (median, peak height, width, and value for each metric); and we evaluated their relationship with clinical factors (disease duration, attack frequency and pain intensity). Several metrics revealed significant differences between groups, indicating that they may be potential disease biomarkers.

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