Sleep and headache

The interaction between sleep and headache or migraine is powerful and an elevated comorbidity between these two disorders has been reported in either adults or children. This comobidity is linked to common neurophysiological and neuroanatomical substrates that are strongly genetically-based.The first reports on this relationship were related to the prevalence of parasomnias and sleep disordered breathing in headache but recent research has expanded the comorbidity to several other sleep disorders, such as restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movements during sleep, and narcolepsy.
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research