Neurology

Mayo Clinic neurologists trained in headaches have experience in evaluating and treating people with head and face pain.

If needed, doctors may order additional tests or refer you to other doctors to determine if there is an underlying cause for the pain.

Conditions and symptoms

• Benign intracranial hypertension
• Chronic daily headache
• Cluster headaches
• Complicated migraine
• Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
• Hemicrania continua
• Hypnic headache
• Ice pick pain headache
• Migraine
• Migraine aura without headache
• Migraine with aura
• Migraine without aura
• Pseudotumor cerebri
• Tension headache
• Trigeminal neuralgia

Research

Read about headache research.

Nationally recognized expertise

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., ranks No. 1 for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings; specialists in Minnesota interact very closely with colleagues across Mayo Clinic Health System and in the Arizona and Florida campuses. Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., are ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic also ranks among the Best Children's Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery.