The Life Scientific - Peter Goadsby

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<p>Throbbing head, nausea, dizziness, disturbed vision – just some of the disabling symptoms that can strike during a migraine attack. This neurological condition is far more common than you might think, affecting more people than diabetes, epilepsy and asthma combined.</p><p>While medications, to help relieve the symptoms of migraine, have been around for some time, they haven’t worked for everyone. And what happens in the brain during a migraine attack was, until recently, poorly understood.</p><p>Peter Goadsby is Professor of Neurology at King's College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology &amp; Neuroscience and is a true pioneer in the field of migraine.</p><p>Over the course of his career, he has unravelled what happens in the brain during a migraine attack and his insights are already benefiting patients - in the form of new medications that can not only treat a migraine, but also prevent it from occurring.</p><p>Peter shares this year’s Brain Prize, the world's largest prize for brain research, with three other internationally renowned scientists in the field.</p>