Hypothalamic-Pitutary-Adrenal Axis Investigation in Migraneous Patients | 1995, Volume 1 - Issue 2

Mehmet ZARİFOĞLU¹, Asuman ALİ¹, İsmail Hakkı ULUS², Mustafa BAKAR¹, İbrahim BORA¹, Ömer Faruk TURAN¹, Sadık SADIKOĞLU¹, Erhan OĞUL¹

¹Uludağ Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Nöroloji AD, Bursa
²Uludağ Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Farmakoloji AD, Bursa

Keywords: Dexamethasone suppression test, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, migraine, prolactin stimulation test

Abstract

Dexamethason suppression test was performed in 26 and prolactin stimulation test wasperformed in 16 o fa total 42 patients with migraine. Our results suggested a dysfunction of hypothalamic-pitutary-adrenal axis in patients with migraine.