Sleep Disorders

Cluster headache is characterized by unilateral attacks of severe pain accompanied by cranial autonomic features.
Apart from these there are also sleep-related complaints and strong chronobiological features. The interaction
between sleep and headache is complex at any level and evidence suggests that it may be of critical importance in
our understanding of primary headache disorders. In cluster headache several interactions between sleep and the
severe pain attacks have already been proposed. Supported by endocrinological and radiological findings as well as
the chronobiological features, predominant theories revolve around central pathology of the hypothalamus. We
aimed to investigate the clinical presentation of chronobiological features, the presence of concurrent sleep
disorders and the relationship with particular sleep phases or phenomena, the possible role of hypocretin as well as
the possible involvement of cardiac autonomic controlRead More →