Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 65. No. 2, 2026.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2026.65.02.14
The Role of Electroencephalography in the Evaluation of Patients With Migraine and Tension-Type Headache
Mateja Bošković
; Divison of Neurology, General Hospital Požega, Požega, Croatia
Tea Miklaušić Šimleša
; Divison of Neurology, General Hospital Požega, Požega, Croatia
Iris Zavoreo
; Department of Neurology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
*
Petra Magdalena Kes
; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Nina Rotim
; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Vanja Bašić Kes
; Department of Neurology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Headache disorders are one of the most prevalent and disabling conditions
worldwide. Headache is classified as primary or secondary according to its underlying
pathophysiology. The most common primary headaches are migraines
and tension-type headaches (TTH). Their diagnosis is based mostly on clinical
presentation, but sometimes this can be challenging. In order to improve the
differential diagnostics of these conditions, we evaluated the role of electroencephalography
(EEG) in diagnostic workup.
EEG records electrical activity of the brain cortex. It is mostly used to diagnose
epilepsy, but EEG abnormalities are found in many headache patients as well. In
this review, we provide an overview of EEG-based headache-related research. We
compare their results in the hope of better understanding the neural changes in
migraine and TTH. According to our findings, EEG might be helpful in the search
for potential headache biomarkers, but further studies are necessary.
Keywords
EEG; Migraine; Tension-type headache; Neurophysiology
Hrčak ID:
347706
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Publication date:
10.6.2026.
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