Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1988 The prevalence of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome (TS) in school children from Monroe County, New York, was examined in the Depts of Psychiatry, Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
J Gordon Millichap
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Tics and Tourette’s syndrome [PDF]
Drugs in Context, 2020 Tics and Tourette’s syndrome are common hyperkinetic movement disorders seen mostly in the pediatric age group. Tics are defined as sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic motor movements or vocalization, generally preceded by urge.
Shivam Om Mittal
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Neuroanatomical and functional correlates in tic disorders and Tourette's syndrome: A narrative review [PDF]
IbrainTic disorders represent a developmental neuropsychiatric condition whose causes can be attributed to a variety of environmental, neurobiological, and genetic factors.
Anna Sara Liberati, Giulio Perrotta
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Time estimation in a case of Tourette's syndrome: Effect of antipsychotic medications [PDF]
Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 2020 Aims Dopamine (DA) hyperactivity causes overestimation of time, whereas DA hypoactivity produces its underestimation. DA activity also provides neurochemical substrates pertinent to several psychiatric conditions, such as schizophrenia and Tourette's ...
Takuma Inagawa +3 more
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Deep brain stimulation for Tourette's syndrome. [PDF]
Transl Neurodegener, 2020 Tourette syndrome (TS) is a childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by the presence of multiple motor and vocal tics. TS usually co-occurs with one or multiple psychiatric disorders.
Xu W +7 more
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A 2-year longitudinal follow-up of quantitative assessment neck tics in Tourette's syndrome. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundNeck motor tics in Tourette's syndrome can cause severe neck complications. Although addressed in a few longitudinal studies, the clinical course of Tourette's syndrome has not been quantitatively assessed.
Yosuke Eriguchi +7 more
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Botulinum toxin for motor and phonic tics in Tourette's syndrome. [PDF]
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2018 BACKGROUND Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, or Tourette's syndrome, is defined as the presence of both motor and vocal (phonic) tics for more than 12 months, that manifest before the age of 18 years, in the absence of secondary causes.
Pandey S +3 more
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's syndrome (TS) [PDF]
International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2005 There is evidence that motor and premotor cortex are hyperexcitable in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's syndrome (TS). We tested whether low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) could normalize overactive motor ...
Antonio Mantovani +5 more
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Tourette's syndrome: from demonic possession and psychoanalysis to the discovery of gene [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2012 In this paper we make a brief historical review of the hypothesis concerning the etiology of Tourette's syndrome (TS), focusing on varying trends over time: at first, its presumed relation to witchcraft and demonic possessions, followed by the ...
Francisco M.B. Germiniani +4 more
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The role of inflammation in the development of tic symptoms in subjects with ADHD [PDF]
Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - HealthTourette's syndrome is characterized by multiple motor and 1 or more vocal tics that persist for more than 1 year since first tic onset. It is well known that subjects with Tourette's syndrome show varieties of comorbidities, and ADHD is one of the most ...
Nagahide Takahashi +5 more
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