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Danish Headache Center Research Group

​​The Danish Headache Center has an extensive research programme within mechanisms and treatment of migraine, cluster headache, tension-type headache, and trigeminal neuralgia.​


​Danish Headache Center has several research groups led by 10 senior researchers. In addition there are post. docs, Ph.D. students, medical students, administrative assistants and laboratory technicians connected to the research groups.

Main research areas ​

  • Animal experimental migraine research
  • Chronic post-traumatic headache
  • Cluster headache (CH)
  • Genetics and environment
  • Headache classification research
  • Human migraine models
  • Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)
  • Medication overuse-headache (MOH)
  • Trigeminal neuralgia​ (TN)
  • Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH)

Team​ leaders

  • Rigmor Højland Jensen, professor
  • Jes Olesen, professor
  • Messoud Ashina, professor
  • Lars Bendtsen, associate professor​
  • Henrik Winther Schytz, associate professor
  • Faisal Mohammad Amin, associate professor 
  • Thomas Folkmann Hansen, associate professor​

Read more

Read more at the Danish He​adache Centers website 

Research Areas in the Danish Headache Center



Updated: 28-06-2024

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