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TIPS FOR KEEPING MIGRAINES AT BAY Around 15 per cent of the adult population worldwide suffer from migraines – a condition for which there is no long-term, effective cure. A groundbreaking study (CNRS, 2018) revealed why migraines occur. A specific ‘mutation’ causes dysfunction in a protein that is responsible for inhibiting neuronal electrical activity. Because this protein doesn’t work as it should, electrical activity is over-stimulated and the result is a splitting headache or other symptoms which can make it difficult to function. Research has found that migraines tend to run in families. WORDS MARISA CUTILLAS
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n 2021, another study by the American Academy of Neurology found that people who are prone to migraines have more nerve cell activity in some areas of the brain (and less activity in others) when they take part in a virtual roller coaster ride. This leads them to experience more dizziness and motion sickness than those who do not have migraines. Researchers believe that the abnormal processing of visual motion stimuli is linked to a higher likelihood of migraines.
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