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Using MRI and voxel-based morphometry, the authors investigated 20 patients with chronic tension type headache (CTTH) and 20 patients with medication-overus e headache and compared them to 40 controls with no headache history. Only patie nts with CTTH demonstrated a significant gray matter decrease in regions known t o be involved in pain processing. The finding implies that the alterations are s pecific to CTTH rather than a response to chronic head pain or chronification pe r se.
Using MRI and voxel-based morphometry, the authors investigated 20 patients with chronic tension type headache (CTTH) and 20 patients with medication-overus e headache and compared them to 40 controls with no headache history. Only patients with CTTH demonstrated a significant gray matter decrease in regions known to be involved in pain processing. The finding implies that the alterations are s pecific to CTTH rather than a response to chronic head pain or chronification pe r se.