BACKGROUND: According to the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3, post-traumatic headache (PTH) attributed to traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a secondary headache reported to have developed within 7 days from head injury, regaining consciousness following the head injury, or discontinuation of medication(s) impairing the ability to sense or report headache following the head injury. It is one of the most common secondary headache disorders, and it is defined as persistent when it lasts more than 3 months. MAIN BODY: Currently, due to the high prevalence of this disorder, several preclinical studies have been conducted using different animal models of mild TBI to reproduce conditions that engender PTH. Despite representing a simplification of a complex disorder and displaying different limitations concerning the human condition, animal models are still a mainstay to study in vivo the mechanisms of PTH and have provided valuable insight into the pathophysiology and possible treatment strategies. Different models reproduce different types of trauma and have been ideated in order to ensure maximal proximity to the human condition and optimal experimental reproducibility. CONCLUSION: At present, despite its high prevalence, PTH is not entirely understood, and the differential contribution of pathophysiological mechanisms, also observed in other conditions like migraine, has to be clarified. Although facing limitations, animal models are needed to improve understanding of PTH. The knowledge of currently available models is necessary to all researchers who want to investigate PTH and contribute to unravel its mechanisms.

• Klíčová slova
• Animal models, Headache, Migraine, Pain, Traumatic brain injury,
• MeSH
• komoce mozku komplikace   diagnóza   patofyziologie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• migréna diagnóza   etiologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• modely nemocí na zvířatech * MeSH
• posttraumatická bolest hlavy diagnóza   etiologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• prevalence MeSH
• reprodukovatelnost výsledků MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• přehledy MeSH

BACKGROUND: Headache is a common complication of traumatic brain injury. The International Headache Society defines post-traumatic headache as a secondary headache attributed to trauma or injury to the head that develops within seven days following trauma. Acute post-traumatic headache resolves after 3 months, but persistent post-traumatic headache usually lasts much longer and accounts for 4% of all secondary headache disorders. MAIN BODY: The clinical features of post-traumatic headache after traumatic brain injury resemble various types of primary headaches and the most frequent are migraine-like or tension-type-like phenotypes. The neuroimaging studies that have compared persistent post-traumatic headache and migraine found different structural and functional brain changes, although migraine and post-traumatic headache may be clinically similar. Therapy of various clinical phenotypes of post-traumatic headache almost entirely mirrors the therapy of the corresponding primary headache and are currently based on expert opinion rather than scientific evidence. Pharmacologic therapies include both abortive and prophylactic agents with prophylaxis targeting comorbidities, especially impaired sleep and post-traumatic disorder. There are also effective options for non-pharmacologic therapy of post-traumatic headache, including cognitive-behavioral approaches, onabotulinum toxin injections, life-style considerations, etc. CONCLUSION: Notwithstanding some phenotypic similarities, persistent post-traumatic headache after traumatic brain injury, is considered a separate phenomenon from migraine but available data is inconclusive. High-quality studies are further required to investigate the pathophysiological mechanisms of this secondary headache, in order to identify new targets for treatment and to prevent disability.

• Klíčová slova
• Headache, Migraine, Trauma, Traumatic brain injury, Treatment,
• MeSH
• analgetika terapeutické užití   MeSH
• kognitivně behaviorální terapie metody   trendy   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• migréna komplikace   diagnostické zobrazování   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• mozek diagnostické zobrazování   MeSH
• neurozobrazování trendy   MeSH
• posttraumatická bolest hlavy diagnostické zobrazování   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• sekundární bolesti hlavy diagnostické zobrazování   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• traumatické poranění mozku diagnostické zobrazování   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• přehledy MeSH
• Názvy látek
• analgetika MeSH