OUH - Headache and pain

Headache and pain

Bendik WinsvoldGroup leader — Bendik Winsvold
Group leader

Our research group works to improve the understanding and treatment of headache and pain disorders. Specific focus areas are headache and pain genomics, epidemiology and clinical treatment trials. Our work is highly interdisciplinary, and are based on collaboration between experts in clinical medicine, physiotherapy, mathematics, genetics and molecular biology.

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Recent publications

Engstrand H, Revdal E, Argren MB, Hagen K, Zwart JA, Brodtkorb E, Winsvold BS (2024)
Relationship between migraine and epilepsy in a large population-based cohort: The HUNT Study
Eur J Neurol, 31 (12), e16496
DOI 10.1111/ene.16496, PubMed 39331386

Hagen K, Winsvold BS, Bjørk MH, Tronvik E, Mathiesen LB, Ofte HK, Lundqvist C, Sønnervik J, Bäcklund N (2024)
Room for improvement in the follow-up for unilateral headache with autonomic symptoms
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 144 (7)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.24.0184, PubMed 38832616

Nievergelt CM, Maihofer AX, Atkinson EG, Chen CY, Choi KW, Coleman JRI, Daskalakis NP, Duncan LE, Polimanti R, Aaronson C, Amstadter AB, Andersen SB, Andreassen OA, Arbisi PA, Ashley-Koch AE, Austin SB, Avdibegoviç E, Babić D, Bacanu SA, Baker DG, Batzler A, Beckham JC, Belangero S, Benjet C, Bergner C et al. (2024)
Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder
Nat Genet, 56 (5), 792-808
DOI 10.1038/s41588-024-01707-9, PubMed 38637617