Preliminary study on the cerebral blood flow regulation function in migraine patients using transcranial Doppler ultrasound
Yanan Zhang, Hongling Zhao, Furong Li, Junmin Tao, Xin Pan, Shuhan Liu, Weiwei Dong · 2026
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Yanan Zhang and co-authors use ultrasound to test how well migraine patients regulate brain blood flow. Their twenty twenty-six study compares patients with healthy volunteers. Migraine is known to raise the risk of brain infarction, and poor flow control may be a link.
A Doppler probe on the skull tracked flow speed while patients held their breath and rested. Measures included phase difference, gain, and a breath-hold index. Patients showed weaker control on all three reads. Those with a large heart shunt between the right and left sides scored worse still. Age also dragged control down. The pilot points to flow control checks as a window on stroke risk in migraine.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yanan Zhang, Hongling Zhao, Furong Li, Junmin Tao, Xin Pan, Shuhan Liu, Weiwei Dong |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |