Relationship identification between triggers and changes in the brain and the overall human electrophysiology during migraines

This research aims to reinforce that migraines have environmental triggers, establish that migraines cause changes in the brain’s electronics and the body’s overall electrophysiology, and define the relationship between the changes and the triggers. The hypothesis is that there is a relationship between environmental triggers and specific electrophysiological changes in the brain and the overall human electrophysiology. Several general health, neurological, and psychological factors will be taken into consideration when making the selection of the samples, including but not limited to, the level of fitness, daily habits, sex assigned at birth, current identity of sex, age, past treatments, other diagnosis, and more. Throughout the study, the participants will fill out several surveys about their daily habits, any migraine episodes, and any possible triggers. Additionally, the participants will undergo several tests with an Electroencephalogram (EEG), Electrocardiogram (ECG), Galvanic Skin Response GSR, and pulsometer to accurately record their electrophysiology, then they may undergo the same test during a migraine so that differences in their electrophysiology can be noted. These changes will then be correlated to their triggers, and the research team will determine if there are patterns between the corresponding changes and triggers across several different participants. This project would benefit from travel, lodging, and abstract submission fee support. A little support will be given by institution but does not cover submission or travel. This abstract was presented at the American Physiology Summit 2025 and is only available in HTML format. There is no downloadable file or PDF version. The Physiology editorial board was not involved in the peer review process.