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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"tourette syndrome"”.
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Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome
… pharmacological strategies for the treatment of Tourette syndrome (TS). The International Tourette Syndrome Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Public Database and Registry is a multinational collaborative effort designed to share data and improve the quality of outcomes research in the treatment of TS …
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Assessment of Immune System Involvement in Tourette Syndrome
<p>Tourette syndrome (TS) is currently hypothesized to be the result of genetic and immunological components. This study investigated whether TS subjects produce IgG and IgA antibodies that bind to caudate nucleus, hippocampus, frontal cortex, cerebellum, thalamus, globus pallidus interior, …
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School Psychologists’ Training and Knowledge of Tourette Syndrome
… (88%) of respondents were knowledgeable about Tourette Syndrome. Many respondents (28%) had never worked with a student with Tourette’s, 20% had at least one case, and 52% indicated that they had worked with more than two cases in their careers as school psychologists. The majority of …
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Shared Consciousness: A Social History of Tourette Syndrome and its Treatments
… management strategies for the medical condition Tourette syndrome have changed over time. Additionally, the purpose of this research is to discover the shared experiences that influence the treatment choices of American adults with the condition. Clinical theories about the causes of Tourette …
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Shared Consciousness: A Social History of Tourette Syndrome and its Treatments
… management strategies for the medical condition Tourette syndrome have changed over time. Additionally, the purpose of this research is to discover the shared experiences that influence the treatment choices of American adults with the condition. Clinical theories about the causes of Tourette …
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Investigation into the biochemical changes in Tourette Syndrome with a potential for pharmacological manipulation
… research group reported elevated plasma KYN in Tourette syndrome (TS) patients when compared with age and sex matched controls and another study showed that KYN potentiated 5-HT2A-mediated head-shakes (HS) in rodents. These movements have been suggested to model tics in TS. This raised the …
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Eye Movement Measures of Cognitive Control In Children With to urette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome begins in childhood and is characterized by uncontrollable repetitive actions like neck craning or hopping and noises such as sniffing or chirping. Worst in early adolescence, these tics wax and wane in severity and occur in bouts unpredictably, often drawing unwanted attention …
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Motor and Phonic Tic Severity and Its Relationship to Social, Emotional, and School Functioning in Children With Tourette Syndrome From the Caregivers’ Perspective
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by motor and phonic tics that is frequently associated with functional impairments. The present study examined the relationship between motor and phonic tic severity, comorbid conditions, academic …
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Prepulse inhibition come strumento diagnostico per lo studio del comportamento impulsivo-aggressivo nella schizofrenia
… aggressive traits, including schizophrenia and Tourette syndrome. Nevertheless, the mechanism underlying the physiopathology is poor understood, principally by the lack of valid animal models. Given the genetic and environmental interplay in schizophrenia background onset, we tested a …
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Striatal Control of Sensory-Driven Behavior and Its Relevance for Neuropsychiatric Disorders
… attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Tourette syndrome, and schizophrenia, cortical recruitment of indirect pathway neurons in the TS was reduced, and these mice exhibited auditory-specific inhibitory control deficits. Preliminary experiments further suggest that enhancing synaptic …
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Profiling of circulating microRNAs in body fluids from Autism Spectrum Disorder patients
… including disorders comorbid with ASD, like Tourette Syndrome, complicate ASD behavior-based diagnosis and make it vulnerable to bias. Extracellular microRNAs have attracted researchers for their potential as non-invasive tools for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment evaluation of human …