The aim of this study was to examine the temporal sequence of the appearance of vestibular symptoms and migraine, as well as whether they coexist or not, while assessing their influence on cerebral functional activity. The present investigation is a cross-sectional study....
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Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
Preliminary neuroimaging findings on vestibular migraine brain activity patterns are not yet actionable for clinical audiology or vestibular practice; no change to assessment or rehabilitation protocols is warranted at this stage.
Understanding the brain connectivity changes underlying vestibular migraine could eventually inform how audiologists and vestibular specialists assess and manage patients with overlapping dizziness and headache symptoms.
- 01Resting-state fMRI was used to map brain activity differences in patients with vestibular symptoms and migraine.
- 02Study explores the temporal (which-comes-first) relationship between dizziness and migraine.
- 03Published in Brain Imaging and Behavior; has peripheral relevance to vestibular audiology.
- 04Findings may shed light on central versus peripheral contributions to vestibular migraine.
- 05Neuroimaging evidence is observational and not yet practice-changing.
Vestibular symptoms and migraine have a complex, potentially bidirectional temporal relationship reflected in cerebral resting-state activity.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42536248
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11682-026-01185-z.
- Journal
- Brain Imaging and Behavior
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Individuals with vestibular symptoms and migraine
- Intervention
- Resting-state functional MRI neuroimaging
Primary outcomes
Resting-state cerebral functional connectivity patterns; Temporal relationship between vestibular symptoms and migraine onset