Arne May

29.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
288 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

About

Arne May is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Arne May has authored 288 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 221 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 164 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 125 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Arne May's work include Migraine and Headache Studies (216 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (143 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (75 papers). Arne May is often cited by papers focused on Migraine and Headache Studies (216 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (143 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (75 papers). Arne May collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Denmark. Arne May's co-authors include Peter J. Goadsby, Laura Schulte, Christian Gaser, Bogdan Draganski, Christian Büchel, Ulrich Bogdahn, Anish Bahra, Volker Busch, Gerhard Schuierer and Stefan Evers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Arne May

281 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Changes in grey matter induced by training

2004 1.6k citations Ulrich Bogdahn, Arne May et al. profile →
Brain stem activation in spontaneous human migraine attacks

1995 1.0k citations Arne May et al. profile →
Hypothalamic activation in cluster headache attacks

1998 812 citations Arne May, Anish Bahra et al. profile →
EFNS guideline on the drug treatment of migraine – revised report of an EFNS task force

2009 601 citations Stefan Evers, Peter J. Goadsby et al. European Journal of Neurology profile →
Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Brain Structure Changes during Extensive Learning

2006 500 citations Christian Büchel, Arne May et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
The migraine generator revisited: continuous scanning of the migraine cycle over 30 days and three spontaneous attacks

2016 434 citations Laura Schulte, Arne May profile →
Chronic migraine: risk factors, mechanisms and treatment

2016 396 citations Arne May, Laura Schulte profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Arne May	12.6k	8.0k	6.8k	5.5k	2.8k	288	20.3k
David Borsook	5.5k 0.4×	2.2k 0.3×	6.0k 0.9×	5.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	335	17.1k
Karen D. Davis	3.0k 0.2×	1.2k 0.1×	6.7k 1.0×	8.3k 1.5×	1.5k 0.5×	242	18.0k
François Mauguı̀ere	4.3k 0.3×	948 0.1×	3.6k 0.5×	9.3k 1.7×	3.4k 1.2×	347	17.9k
John DeLuca	4.6k 0.4×	9.6k 1.2×	611 0.1×	3.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	388	18.2k
A. Vania Apkarian	3.4k 0.3×	1.0k 0.1×	11.4k 1.7×	9.9k 1.8×	1.8k 0.6×	249	22.4k
Cornelius Weiller	3.8k 0.3×	1.6k 0.2×	2.3k 0.3×	12.3k 2.2×	5.6k 2.0×	407	25.9k
Edward Taub	6.6k 0.5×	982 0.1×	1.3k 0.2×	8.3k 1.5×	5.8k 2.1×	189	24.7k
Luís García‐Larrea	2.2k 0.2×	768 0.1×	7.2k 1.1×	6.6k 1.2×	3.4k 1.2×	224	14.4k
Patrick D. Wall	1.9k 0.2×	2.0k 0.3×	15.1k 2.2×	5.8k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	196	29.3k
Gian Domenico Iannetti	1.7k 0.1×	786 0.1×	5.2k 0.8×	7.2k 1.3×	1.3k 0.5×	231	13.1k

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Hoffmann, Jan, Holger Kaube, Florian Rimmele, et al.. (2025). Kinetic Oscillation Stimulation for the Preventive Treatment of Chronic Migraine. Neurology. 104(3). e210220–e210220. 1 indexed citations

Alstergren, Per, Rafael Benoliel, Paulo César Rodrigues Conti, et al.. (2025). Management of persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) – An international Delphi study. Cephalalgia. 45(12). 2235444983–2235444983.

Puledda, Francesca, Irene de Boer, Roberta Messina, et al.. (2024). Worldwide availability of medications for migraine and tension-type headache: A survey of the International Headache Society. Cephalalgia. 44(11). 2225342744–2225342744. 7 indexed citations

Mehnert, Jan, et al.. (2024). Functional representation of trigeminal nociceptive input in the human periaqueductal gray. Science Advances. 10(12). eadj8213–eadj8213. 5 indexed citations

May, Arne, Stefan Evers, Peter J. Goadsby, et al.. (2023). European Academy of Neurology guidelines on the treatment of cluster headache. European Journal of Neurology. 30(10). 2955–2979. 37 indexed citations

Mehnert, Jan, et al.. (2023). Functional brainstem representations of the human trigeminal cervical complex. Cephalalgia. 43(5). 2770931268–2770931268. 5 indexed citations

Mehnert, Jan, et al.. (2023). Aura phenomena do not initiate migraine attacks—Findings from neuroimaging. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 63(8). 1040–1044. 21 indexed citations

May, Arne, et al.. (2023). Cerebellar somatotopy of the trigemino‐cervical complex during nociception. European Journal of Pain. 28(5). 719–728. 5 indexed citations

Mehnert, Jan, et al.. (2022). Migraine monoclonal antibodies against CGRP change brain activity depending on ligand or receptor target – an fMRI study. eLife. 11. 44 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Gabriela Ferreira, et al.. (2021). Brain Processing of Visual Self-Motion Stimuli in Patients With Migraine. Neurology. 97(10). e996–e1006. 13 indexed citations

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Mehnert, Jan, et al.. (2021). Experimental evidence of a functional relationship within the brainstem trigeminocervical complex in humans. Pain. 163(4). 729–734. 17 indexed citations

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Iwersen‐Bergmann, Stefanie, et al.. (2021). Indomethacin has no effect on trigeminally provoked parasympathetic output. Cephalalgia. 42(1). 37–43. 1 indexed citations

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Ziegeler, Christian, et al.. (2020). Central effects of erenumab in migraine patients. Neurology. 95(20). e2794–e2802. 57 indexed citations

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May, Arne, Laura Schulte, Guido Nolte, & Jan Mehnert. (2020). Partial Similarity Reveals Dynamics in Brainstem-Midbrain Networks during Trigeminal Nociception. Brain Sciences. 10(9). 603–603. 1 indexed citations

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Luedtke, Kerstin, et al.. (2015). Efficacy of interventions used by physiotherapists for patients with headache and migraine—systematic review and meta-analysis. Cephalalgia. 36(5). 474–492. 145 indexed citations

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Magon, Stefano, Arne May, Anne Stankewitz, et al.. (2015). Morphological Abnormalities of Thalamic Subnuclei in Migraine: A Multicenter MRI Study at 3 Tesla. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(40). 13800–13806. 60 indexed citations

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Jürgens, Tim, Laura Schulte, & Arne May. (2013). Indomethacin-induced de novo headache in hemicrania continua—fighting fire with fire?. Cephalalgia. 33(14). 1203–1205. 19 indexed citations

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Jürgens, Tim, Horst J. Koch, & Arne May. (2010). Ten years of chronic cluster – attacks still cluster. Cephalalgia. 30(9). 1123–1126. 12 indexed citations

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Schmidt‐Wilcke, Tobias, et al.. (2007). Subtle Grey Matter Changes Between Migraine Patients and Healthy Controls. Cephalalgia. 28(1). 1–4. 167 indexed citations

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May, Arne, Anish Bahra, Christian Büchel, R. S. J. Frackowiak, & Peter J. Goadsby. (1999). Hypothalamic grey activation is specific for attacks of cluster headache.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 36 indexed citations

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