We can see that migraine is a neurological disorder affecting multiple parts of the brain — the brainstem, cerebral hemispheres, and the nerves themselves.
This is particularly dangerous because the displaced cerebellum can push onto the brainstem affect neurons responsible for breathing and cardiac function.
Your motor cortex is jumping all over the place, but your brainstem is blocking those messages, leaving your muscles so relaxed that you're basically paralyzed.
This helped connect their symptoms to a neurotransmitter called glycine because we have a higher concentration of glycine receptors in the brainstem and spinal cord.