Centre for Cluster Headache

01/09/2026

Check out two new publications from the Centre for Cluster Headache at Karolinska Institutet highlighting links to inflammation and exposure to to***co smoke and the development of cluster headache.
A special congraulations to the first authors Caroline Ran and Joseph Lloyd 👏👏👏!

Inflammation, altered gene regulation, and exposure to substances in to***co smoke may all contribute to the development of cluster headache. This is demonstrated by two new studies from Karolinska Institutet, which improve our understanding of the biological mechanisms behind this painful condition...

14/08/2026

Ny chans att delta i vår undersökning om hormonell påverkan av svårighetsgraden vid klusterhuvudvärk hos kvinnor:
https://redcap.ki.se/surveys/?s=HCLA3L9KR4RECRWR

23/06/2026

The team has just participated in the 10th virtual 5k Run/Walk by Clusterbusters ✅!

06/05/2026

Yesterday we had the honor of hosting a lab tour for the Swedish cluster headache patient organization🧪🧬🦠🧫! Thank you for coming and for all valuable input❤️!

21/03/2026

Today is Cluster Headache Awareness Day!!!

03/03/2026

Vill du delta i en studie om tobakskonsumtion och klusterhuvudvärk?

Vi söker studiedeltagare med och utan klusterhuvudvärk (Hortons huvudvärk) för att besvara en enkät om tobaksvanor samt ev. lämna ett urinprov. Använd följande länk för mer information och möjlighet att delta i studien:

https://redcap.ki.se/surveys/?s=XCHDN38RTRDLCWAJ

20/02/2026

Last chance to participate in our survey on hormonal influence on cluster headache severity in females (deadline March 20th).

Swedish version🇸🇪: https://redcap.ki.se/surveys/?s=HCLA3L9KR4RECRWR
Finnish version🇫🇮: https://redcap.ki.se/surveys/?s=AEF7CCMNY9AXD84N
French version🇫🇷: https://redcap.ki.se/surveys/?s=43T3479PDXWTFLJ3

02/02/2026

February 2nd is the International Twin Day🍒.
We collaborate with the Swedish Twin Registry, which contains samples and data from >100,000 twin pairs used for medical research🤩.

28/01/2026

Our new support from the Swedish Research council on cluster headache is highlighted on the Karolinska Institutet webpage:

Among the 102 recipients at Karolinska Institutet who received research grants in medicine and health from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), five researchers from the Department of Neuroscience were included.

14/01/2026

Registration for the 11th International CGRP Family Peptides Conference is now open. Deadline January 26: