Deficient inhibition of irrelevant visual information in migraine: A magnetoencephalography study of alpha‐band activity
Rémy Masson, Alma ElShafei, Geneviève Demarquay, Lesly Fornoni, Yohana Lévêque, Anne Caclin, Aurélie Bidet‐Caulet · 2026
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Rémy Masson and colleagues published a brain-imaging study in 2026 on attention problems in migraine. They asked whether people with episodic migraine without aura handle distraction differently between attacks. Brain activity was recorded with magnetoencephalography, a method that tracks fast magnetic signals from the cortex.
Nineteen patients and nineteen healthy adults did a task with visual cues, sounds to attend to, and distracting sounds. Patients showed a weaker rise in alpha activity over visual areas while waiting for a target sound, which points to poorer blocking of sight-related input that did not matter. Other measures did not differ between groups. Weak top-down blocking could help explain why distraction and sensory overload are common in migraine.
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| CREATOR | Rémy Masson, Alma ElShafei, Geneviève Demarquay, Lesly Fornoni, Yohana Lévêque, Anne Caclin, Aurélie Bidet‐Caulet |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49407 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |