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]
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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Deep brain stimulation for Tourette’s syndrome [PDF]
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.
Wenying Xu+7 more
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A qualitative exploration of the daily experiences and challenges faced by parents and caregivers of children with Tourette’s syndrome [PDF]
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Amanda K. Ludlow, Rachel Brown, and Joerg Schulz, ‘A qualitative exploration of the daily experiences and challenges faced by parents and caregivers of children with Tourette’s ...
A. Ludlow, Rachel Brown, J. Schulz
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Transcriptome-wide association study reveals increased neuronal FLT3 expression is associated with Tourette’s syndrome [PDF]
Calwing Liao and Veikko Vuokila et al. report a transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) of Tourette’s Syndrome. They find increased expression of FLT3 in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the lymphoblastoid cell lines in patients with Tourette’s
Calwing Liao+8 more
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Time estimation in a case of Tourette's syndrome: Effect of antipsychotic medications [PDF]
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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Stigma in youth with Tourette’s syndrome: a systematic review and synthesis [PDF]
Tourette's syndrome (TS) is a childhood onset neurodevelopmental disorder, characterised by tics. To our knowledge, no systematic reviews exist which focus on examining the body of literature on stigma in association with children and adolescents with TS.
M. Malli, R. Forrester-Jones, G. Murphy
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The Assessment of Knowledge about Tourette’s Syndrome among Medical Students and Primary Physicians in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Background. Tourette’s syndrome (TS), a chronic, often disabling neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics, is frequently misdiagnosed, or patients are delayed in diagnosis.
Anas A. Alalwan+5 more
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A 2-year longitudinal follow-up of quantitative assessment neck tics in Tourette's syndrome. [PDF]
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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The role of inflammation in the development of tic symptoms in subjects with ADHD [PDF]
Tourette'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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