Older people with a history of migraines and depression may
have smaller brain tissue volumes than people with only one or neither of the
conditions, according to a new study in the May 22, 2013, online issue of
Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
“Studies show that people with migraine have double the risk
of depression compared to people without migraine,” said study author Larus S.
Gudmundsson, PhD, with the National Institute on Aging and the Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences, in Bethesda, Md. Gudmundsson is
also a member of the American Academy of Neurology. “We wanted to find out
whether having both conditions together possibly affected brain size.”