Anders Hougaard

Associate Professor, Consultant Neurologist. Affiliated with @Rigshospitalet, @koebenhavns_uni. Interests include neurovascular disease, headache, neuroscience.

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

🧠 Time to rethink the link between #migraine & white matter hyperintensities on MRI?

In my Guest Editorial in Headache, I explore why the long-held assumption may not hold up—and what future research should focus on.

#neurotwitter @ihs_official @ahsheadache @ESOstroke

[Headache Journal @HeadacheJournal]

Guest Editorial:
Time to reconsider the association between #migraine & white matter hyperintensities?
@drhougaard
https://t.co/uCMUrNublj

[Headache Journal @HeadacheJournal]

Guest Editorial:
Time to reconsider the association between #migraine & white matter hyperintensities?
@drhougaard
https://t.co/uCMUrNublj

[Cephalalgia @JCephalalgia]

Levcromakalim does not induce migraine aura in participants with aura without headache. It likely induces migraine aura via effects on the trigeminovascular system rather than induction of CSD.
https://t.co/2U9gpeB9Nm
@hmru_cph
@MessoudAshina
@Alkaragholi_MM
@drhougaard

[Association of Migraine Disorders® @MigraineDisordr]

❓ What should we know about white matter hyperintensities?

In the full episode of Spotlight On Migraine, Dr. Anders Hougaard (@drhougaard) discusses the potential increased risk for vascular events like stroke or heart attack in people with migraine.

🔗 https://t.co/9lYD9HPozT

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

Thank you @MigraineDisordr for inviting me to discuss these important topics. We need more research to better understand the complex relationship between #migraine, #stroke, and other vascular disorders. @ihs_official @ahsheadache @HeadacheJournal @ESOstroke @HerlevGentofte

[Association of Migraine Disorders® @MigraineDisordr]

In this episode, @drhougaard explores the link between #migraine and increased risk of vascular events like #stroke and #heartattack. He also covers #triptan use, white matter hyperintensities, and the controversial topic of migrainous infarction.

🎙️ https://t.co/VXMlxwdZM2

[Lyell Jones MD @LyellJ]

Our first Continuum issue on headache since 2021 publishes… next week!

Very excited for this issue. The amazing Dr. Amy Gelfand has put together an awesome list of topics and authors ⬇️

Much has changed in the world of headache, you won’t want to miss this one

[International Headache Society @ihs_official]

We present the IHS Visual Aura Table, which shows the full spectrum of aura visual disturbances in a standardised way.
This important tool for clinicians and researchers is now freely available and downloadable.
👇
https://t.co/YA1AAH6CSH

#migraineaura #neurology #diagnosis

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

@bmj_latest Left XII

[HenrikSchytz @HenrikSchytz]

Do you want to become a master of headache disorders? You can apply now for admission (deadline May 1). For more, https://t.co/DIhK2k7i9g. @rj_rigmor @uni_copenhagen @drfa_CPH @drhougaard

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

New paper out!
Is triptan use associated with major ischemic events?
Yes, but the risk is very low and limited to people aged 60+ with high cardiovascular risk.
@ESOstroke @DavidGaist @HerlevGentofte

[JAMA Neurology @JAMANeuro]

Danish population-based study of 429,612 first-time triptan users found higher relative risk of stroke (OR 3.2) and MI (OR 3.2). Absolute risk was low (only 0.003%/0.004% of users had a stroke/MI) and limited to high CVD risk profile people. https://t.co/y1J0QB81M1 #NeuroTwitter

[JAMA Neurology @JAMANeuro]

Danish population-based study of 429,612 first-time triptan users found higher relative risk of stroke (OR 3.2) and MI (OR 3.2). Absolute risk was low (only 0.003%/0.004% of users had a stroke/MI) and limited to high CVD risk profile people. https://t.co/y1J0QB81M1 #NeuroTwitter

[International Headache Society @ihs_official]

Lack of reproducibility of resting-state functional MRI findings in migraine with aura.
To find out more, check out this article published by @drhougaard in @JCephalalgia
https://t.co/mZudRg21WE
#migraine #aura #fMRI #ichd3matters #JCephalalgia

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

@Ghanizada_H @UCPH_health @koebenhavns_uni @MGhanizada_ @MuzhdaG Congrats!

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

@Simona_Sacco_ @JCephalalgia Congratulations! 🎉

[Neurovascular Research Unit @NVRU_HGH]

Today Neurovascular Research Unit - NVRU Welcomed it's new associate professor Anders Hougaard! We are thrilled to be working with Anders, who will lend his expertise toward research in stroke and headache diseases.
#Neurology #Stroke #HerlevHospital

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

Another @TenCRAOS inclusion at @Rigshospitalet. Thanks to @TroelsWienecke @regionsjaelland for the collaboration. @ESOstroke @AnneHegeAamodt

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

Is the subarachnoid space the link between the aura and headache phases of migraine? 🧠
Read more in our recently published MRI study:
https://t.co/F08VQjx8vL

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

Impressive Wartenberg lecture by professor @petergoadsby on the evolution of the understanding and treatment of migraine. Changing clinical practice through biology #AANAM @AANmember @ahsheadache @ihs_official

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

So excited to be in Boston for the amazing #AANAM. I ❤️ #neurology 😊. See you there! @HeadacheJournal @ahsheadache @ihs_official @AANmember

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

4/4 A better term for this phenomenon would be “secondary cortical spreading depolarization” rather than "symptomatic migraine aura" or “migraine aura-like symptoms.”

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

1/2 Check out our recent paper in Headache: Symptoms that are clinically indistinguishable from migraine with aura may occur following sclerotherapy for varicose veins.

[Headache Journal @HeadacheJournal]

Open Access:
#Migraine aura-like episodes following sclerotherapy for varicose veins of the lower extremities—A systematic review
Lionesa Bahtiri, Andreas Vinther Thomsen, @MessoudAshina @drhougaard

https://t.co/SstTrYFpAP

[Anders Hougaard @drhougaard]

3/4 Symptoms of spreading depolarization occur in a long range of neurological and neurosurgical conditions involving cortical damage or irritation (https://t.co/77vJU8ZB9N)