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Cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR), a measure of the cerebral microvasculature and endothelial cell function, is altered both in individuals with chronic TBI and migraine headache disorder (<jats:xref>Amyot et al., 2017<\/jats:xref>;<jats:xref>Lee et al., 2019b<\/jats:xref>). The pathophysiologies of pPTH and migraine are believed to be associated with chronic microvascular dysfunction. We therefore hypothesize that TCVI may contribute to the underlying migraine-like mechanism(s) of pPTH.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>22 moderate\/severe TBI participants in the chronic stage (&amp;gt;6 months) underwent anatomic and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning with hypercapnia gas challenge to measure CVR as well as the change in CVR (\u0394CVR) after single-dose treatment of a specific phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitor, sildenafil, which potentiates vasodilation in response to hypercapnia in impaired endothelium, as part of a Phase2a RCT of sildenafil in chronic TBI (NCT01762475). CVR and \u0394CVR measures of each participant were compared with the individual\u2019s pPTH severity measured by the headache impact test-6 (HIT-6) survey.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There was a moderate correlation between HIT-6 and both CVR and \u0394CVR scores [Spearman\u2019s correlation = \u20130.50 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.018) and = 0.46 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.03), respectively], indicating that a higher headache burden is associated with decreased endothelial function in our chronic TBI population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>There is a correlation between PTH and CVR in chronic moderate-severe TBI. This relationship suggests that chronic TCVI may underlie the pathobiology of pPTH. 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