P062. Sensory modalities during dreams in migraine

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Migraine is a primary headache characterized by recurrent episodes of unilateral head pain, associated to vegetative symptoms (nausea) and alterations in sensory experiences: photophobia and phonophobia are diagnostic criteria, osmophobia, although not diagnostic, seems to be very specific[1]. Dream is a universal mental activity present during sleep, characterized by hallucinatory production. Subjects may recall experiences in different sensory modalities, such as visual, auditory, olfactory and gustatory sensations[2]. In a previous study, through an anamnestic questionnaire, we found that migraine patients were more prone than non-migraineurs to recall gustatory and olfactory dreams[3]. We designed a study aiming to eliminate the possible bias due to the retrospective analysis. …