Tics and Tourette syndrome - surplus of actions rather than disorder?

Mov Disord. 2018 Feb;33(2):238-242. doi: 10.1002/mds.27244. Epub 2017 Dec 26.

Authors

Christian Beste^{1

2}, Alexander Münchau³

Affiliations

¹ Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine of the TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
² Experimental Neurobiology, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic.
³ Department of Pediatric and Adult Movement Disorders and Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Neurogenetics, Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, University of Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany.

PMID: 29278288
DOI: 10.1002/mds.27244

No abstract available

Keywords: Tourette syndrome; action; attention; basal ganglia; perception.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain / pathology*
Cognition Disorders / etiology
Humans
Tics / diagnosis
Tics / physiopathology*
Tourette Syndrome / diagnosis
Tourette Syndrome / physiopathology*