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. 2013 Sep 24;14(1):79. doi: 10.1186/1129-2377-14-79

Table 1.

Models of relations between sleep and headache

1
Sleep as trigger factor for headache (excessive, reduced or disrupted, increased deep sleep)
2
Sleep as relieving factor for headache
3
Sleep disturbance as cause of headache (es. sleep apnea)
4
Headache as cause of sleep disturbance (es. attacks occurring during sleep)
5
Sleep disorders in headache patients (parasomnias, sleepwalking)
6
Sleep related headache:
 
a) Temporal relationship (during or after sleep)
 
b) Sleep stage relationship:
 
  1. REM sleep (migraine, cluster headache, chronic paroxysmal hemicrania)
 
  2. Slow-wave sleep (migraine)
7
Headache/sleep association:
 
a) Intrinsic origin (modulation through the same neurotransmitters)
 
b) Extrinsic origin (i.e. fibromyalgia syndrome)
  c) Reinforcement (bad sleep hygiene)