Vegetative imbalance in migraine. A dynamic TV pupillometric evaluation

Funct Neurol. 1989 Jan-Mar;4(1):105-11.

Abstract

In this study we investigated the variations of pupillary diameter obtained in different experimental conditions (dark/light adaptation, light reflex, sural nerve stimulation) in a group of migraine patients with unilateral location of pain in almost all the attacks and in healthy controls by means of a TV pupillometric device. The data obtained seems to document the existence in migraine of unbalanced vegetative function ascribable either to a strong sympathetic activity or to a parasympathetic deficiency. Moreover, an involvement of central integrative pathways regulating pupil functioning cannot be excluded.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Autonomic Nervous System / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Migraine Disorders / physiopathology*
  • Monitoring, Physiologic
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Pupil / innervation*
  • Pupil / physiopathology
  • Television