Brain Communications journal: Improving sleep quality reduces migraine frequency, research shows

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences have found that better sleep may be a way to reduce the frequency of migraine attacks.

The results of their research were published in the journal Brain Communications.

In a study, researchers found that when laboratory mice were deprived of sleep, they experienced migraine-like pain more often. The researchers explained that the sleeping patterns of rodents are exactly the same as those of humans. This means that in mice and humans, the change of stages and phases of night rest proceeds in the same way.

Further study of the health of mice using electroencephalography—a method of diagnosing the state of the nervous system, and based on the recording of bioelectrical signals from the cerebral cortex—and visual observation showed that migraine-like pain did not reduce the quality of sleep.

Researchers have hypothesized that it is not migraine that causes problems with sleep and daytime sleepiness, but poor quality sleep that increases the risk of pain. Migraine sufferers can reduce the frequency of attacks by improving the quality of their night's rest, according to researchers. And this can be done by reducing your daily stress levels and not using gadgets before bed.

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