Quantitative electroencephalogram analysis of frontal cortex functional changes in patients with migraine

Chen-Sen Ouyang, Ching-Tai Chiang, Rei-Cheng Yang, Rong-Ching Wu, Lung-Chang Lin, Chen-Sen Ouyang, Ching-Tai Chiang, Rei-Cheng Yang, Rong-Ching Wu, Lung-Chang Lin

Abstract

The functional abnormality of brain areas accounting for the migraine remains to be elucidated. Most related studies have used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate brain areas involved in migraine. However, the results are heterogeneous. In this study, we used a convenient tool to explore the brain regions involved in migraine. In this study, 40 children with migraine and 40 sex- and age-matched health controls were enrolled, and electroencephalogram was used to explore the functional abnormal areas of migraine through electroencephalogram bands and low-resolution electromagnetic tomography analysis. The results revealed that spectrum edge frequency 50 in all electroencephalogram channels in patients with migraine were lower than those in controls. Significant differences were discovered over frontal areas. In addition, significantly higher current density over the frontopolar prefrontal cortex and orbitofrontal cortex and higher connectivity over the left prefrontal cortex were observed in patients with migraine. We suggest that functional disturbance of the prefrontal cortex may play a potential role in children with migraine, and that low-resolution electromagnetic tomography is a reliable and convenient tool for studying the functional disturbance of migraine.

Keywords: EEG; LORETA; current density; migraine; spectrum edge frequency.

© 2020 The Authors. The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences published by John Wiley & Sons Australia on behalf of Kaohsiung Medical University.

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