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Neurology News South Africa

Scientists find genes linked to migraines

Scientists have uncovered a trio of genes tied to migraine headaches, including one in which the link is exclusive to women, according to a new study.
(Image: Sasha Wolff from Grand Rapids, via Wikimedia Commons)
(Image: Sasha Wolff from Grand Rapids, via Wikimedia Commons)

Migraines are acutely debilitating headaches - sometimes with an "aura", in which patients have the impression of seeing through frosted glass - that strike up to 20 percent of the population.

Scientists describe the condition, which is three to four times more common in women, as a brain disorder in which neurons, or brain cells, respond abnormally to stimuli.

The precise cause it unknown, but inheritance is thought to play a significant role. Read on.

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