164 Headache Medicine, v. 2, n.4, p.164, Oct./Nov./Dec. 2011

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EDITORIAL

t the end of the first year of publishing Headache Medicine, the new configuration

of Migrâneas & Cefaléias, we are pleased to report that our journal is now being indexed in

both Latindex and Index Scholar. The number of scientific submissions is growing and we

continue to receive strong support from the membership of the Brazilian Headache Society.

We hope you will enjoy this last edition of 2011 and assure you that we'll maintain our

best editorial efforts to further improve Headache Medicine.

In the current issue a broad range of subjects of our specialty are in focus. For example,

the second article of the series in the section Functional Anatomy deals with the hypothalamus

in a review of the role of the hypothalamus in the physiopathology of primary headaches,

including the use of hypothalamic deep brain stimulation as a form of treatment of refractory

cluster headache. Neuromodulators and their combinations for the preventive treatment of

migraine are explored by Krymchantowski and Jevoux. Pain and the endogenous

antinociceptive neuronal system, specifically commenting the physiologic role of oxytocin, is

another article of interest. As well, “Chronology of drug treatment of migraine attack”;

“Hospital management of intractable headaches”; “Prevalence of headaches in individuals

referred from primary care to secondary care”; “Superior articular muscle syndrome”; and

“Exploding head syndrome” are highlighted as important presentations of this edition. The

article “Neuroart and headache: the enigmas in Michelangelo's frescos” is the first of a new

section of the journal entitled Neuroart. Finally, three abstracts of Brazilian PhD theses are

published herein, e.g., (1) “Chronic post-traumatic headache after mild brain injury”; (2)

“Craniomandibular dysfunction: migraine and tension-type headache, influence on quality

of life”; and (3) “Oculo-nasal autonomic symptons in migraine and cluster headache”.

As is evident in this edition of Headache Medicine a variety of new subjects are presented

to expand the basis of your expertise in our field.

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Headache Medicine is now indexed in Latindex and Index Scholar