According to research that has been presented at the 108th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, mysterious changes have been identified in the brains of people who get migraines.
Scientists may have just found a major new clue that could help solve the frustrating and ongoing mystery of the migraine.
Researchers discovered that patients who suffer from episodic and chronic migraine had significantly enlarged perivascular spaces, the fluid-filled regions around the brain's blood arteries.
The discovery might represent a new study path that has not yet been explored, even though the connection to or role in migraine has not yet been determined.
The discovery was announced at the Radiological Society of North America's 108th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting.
"In people with chronic migraine and episodic migraine without aura, there are significant changes in the perivascular spaces of a brain region called the centr...