Volume 16 No 10 (2018)
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Volume Calculation of Brain Structures in Migraine Disease by Using MriStudio
Özgür Palancı, Ahmet Kalaycıoğlu, Niyazi Acer, İlker Eyüpoğlu, Vildan A. Çakmak
Abstract
Migraine is a neurological disorder that is known as headache and accompanies attacks of neurological and
gastrointestinal symptoms and prevents daily life activities of the person. In the literature, the volume changes of
many structures in the brain have been investigated using brain magnetic resonance images (MRI) of migraine
patients, but it has not yet been investigated whether there is a comprehensive and detailed volume change
involving all the structures of the brain. The purpose of this study is to examine the brain structures in a wide range
and to determine in which regions the volume changes. In this study, 25 healthy subjects and 25 migraine patients
were included in the study. SPSS 15.0 program was used for statistical analysis. The Mristudio was used in our
study when we examined the volumes of migraine patients and brain structures of healthy individuals. Statistically
significant volume changes were found in the volumes of structures found in the brain frontal, parietal, occipital,
temporal lobes. Volumetric changes were assessed in terms of duration of illness and frequency of attacks. In
conclusion, our study is compatible with migraine pathophysiology. Structural changes in the brain are thought to
be a risk factor for migraine. The evidence on the relationship of regional gray matter volumetric change detected
in migraine is unclear. We believe that this ambiguity is caused by the method used.
Keywords
Brain Volume, Migraine, MRIStudio, Attack Fever, Disease Duration
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