Lancet neurology
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Lancet Neurol
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Biography Historical Article
Dag Aarsland: moving Parkinson's disease forward.
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Many people who suffer from primary headache (ie, headache without an identifiable cause) are resistant or intolerant to available drugs. During the past decade, central and peripheral neurostimulation procedures have been investigated in such individuals--up to now, about 1200 worldwide. ⋯ Nonetheless, occipital nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation of the posterior hypothalamus seem to be effective in people with chronic cluster headache, and occipital nerve stimulation is promising in chronic migraine. Trial data for other techniques are scarce, but external and minimally invasive approaches should be privileged in future studies.