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Manjit Matharu

Professor of Neurology and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurology, London
Verified email at ucl.ac.uk
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Thunderclap headache

TJ Schwedt, MS Matharu, DW Dodick - The Lancet Neurology, 2006 - thelancet.com
Thunderclap headache (TCH) is head pain that begins suddenly and is severe at onset.
TCH might be the first sign of subarachnoid haemorrhage, unruptured intracranial …

Quality of life in primary headache disorders: a review

N Abu Bakar, S Tanprawate, G Lambru… - …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is emerging as an important element of
clinical research in primary headache disorders, allowing a measure of the impact of …

Trigeminal neuralgia: a practical guide

G Lambru, J Zakrzewska, M Matharu - Practical neurology, 2021 - pn.bmj.com
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a highly disabling disorder characterised by very severe, brief
and electric shock like recurrent episodes of facial pain. New diagnostic criteria, which …

Central neuromodulation in chronic migraine patients with suboccipital stimulators: a PET study

MS Matharu, T Bartsch, N Ward, RSJ Frackowiak… - Brain, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Electrical stimulation of primary sensory afferents is known to have an antinociceptive effect.
Animal and functional imaging studies suggest a role for supraspinal structures in this …

Efficacy and safety of galcanezumab for the prevention of episodic migraine: results of the EVOLVE-2 phase 3 randomized controlled clinical trial

V Skljarevski, M Matharu, BA Millen… - …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Galcanezumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody binding calcitonin gene-
related peptide, used for migraine prevention. Methods A global, double-blind, 6-month …

Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) or cranial autonomic features (SUNA)—a prospective clinical …

AS Cohen, MS Matharu, PJ Goadsby - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and
tearing (SUNCT) and short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with cranial …

Posterior hypothalamic and brainstem activation in hemicrania continua

MS Matharu, AS Cohen, DJ McGonigle… - … : The Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective.—To determine the brain structures involved in mediating the pain of hemicrania
continua using positron emission tomography. Background.—Hemicrania continua is a …

Posterior hypothalamic activation in paroxysmal hemicrania

MS Matharu, AS Cohen, RSJ Frackowiak… - Annals of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Paroxysmal hemicrania (PH) is a severe, strictly unilateral headache that lasts 2 to
30 minutes, occurs more than five times daily, is associated with trigeminal autonomic …

Clinical presentation, investigation findings, and treatment outcomes of spontaneous intracranial hypotension syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L D'Antona, MAJ Merchan, A Vassiliou… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a highly disabling but often
misdiagnosed disorder. The best management options for patients with SIH are still …

Persistence of attacks of cluster headache after trigeminal nerve root section

MS Matharu, PJ Goadsby - Brain, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Cluster headache is a strictly unilateral headache that occurs in association with cranial
autonomic features. We report a patient with a trigeminal nerve section who continued to …