The 7th Headache Research Summit Materials

The 7^th Headache Research Summit Materials

On October 16, 2009, the National Headache Foundation (NHF), in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) hosted the Seventh Headache Research Summit in Chicago, Illinois to support and advance research into the diagnosis and treatment of headache.

The Summit provided an open forum for leaders in the field of headache to accomplish the following:

• Translate the understanding of the value of electrophysiological tests in headache medicine and cephalic pain
• Acquire a better understanding of the relationship between sleep/wake cycle physiology and pharmacology and head pain
• Describe the pathophysiological and mechanistic substrates of paroxysmal disorders such as vertigo and epilepsy
• Better describe the basic mechanisms of head pain and its modulation
• Acquire advanced knowledge in the role of hormones in cephalic pain
• Demonstrate added familiarity with various ionic channel disorders that are linked to migraine

7th Headache Research Summit Syllabus

7^th Headache Research Summit Proceedings

Genomics and Therapeutic Advances

Presented by
Daniela Pietrobon, PhD
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Padova
CNR Institute of Neuroscience

Central Modulation of Cephalic Nociception

Presented by
Frank Porreca, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology
The University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, AZ

Role of Inflammation and Cytokines in Head Pain Mechanisms

Presented by
Linda Watkins, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Colorado at Boulder

Interleukins IL-1B and IL-S Cause Sensitization of Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons Leading to Changes in the Ganglion and Trigeminal Nucleus Caudalis: Implications for Understanding their Role in Migraine Pathology

Presented by
Paul L. Durham, PhD
Center for Biomedical and Life Sciences
Missouri State University
Springfield, MO

Nestin/HRAMP1 Transgenic Mice: A Novel Migraine Model

Presented by
Ana Recober, MD
Departments of Neurology/Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Cationopathy and Migraine: Beyond Calcium Ionopathy

Presented by
Louis Ptacek, MD
Distinguished Professor of Neurology
Fu & Ptacek Laboratories
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Hormones and Migraine

Presented by
Nancy Berman, PhD
Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS

Posterior Cerebral Hypoperfusion in Migraine without Aura

Presented by
Marie Denuelle, MD
Rangueil Hospital
Department of Neurology
Toulouse, France

Circadian Rhythm and Headache Disorders

Presented by
Robert Shapiro, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington, VT

Migraine and Obesity: Epidemiology, Mechanisms & Implications

Presented by
Lee Peterlin, DO
Director, Headache Clinic
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology
Drevel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Paroxysmal Disorders and Primary Headaches

Presented by
Robert Baloh, MD
Professor Neurology and Surgery (Head and Neck)
Division of Neurotolgy and Vestibular Function Tessting Laboratory
University of California, Los Angeles
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Migraine, Epilepsy and Migralepsy: Myths and Realities

Presented by
Michael Rogawski, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurology
School of Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, CA