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Feb. 2, 2022 — A new study has found no link between a strep throat infection and the development of tics in children who have a parent or sibling with a chronic tic ...
July 7, 2021 — Tourette syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder, causes motor and phonic 'tics,' or uncontrollable repeated behaviors and vocalizations. People affected by Tourette syndrome can often ...
Feb. 10, 2021 — Exposure to the bacteria that causes strep throat does not appear to make Tourette syndrome and other chronic tic disorders worse in children and teens, according to a new study. However, exposure ...
Mar. 30, 2022 — According to a new preliminary study, children and teens with Tourette syndrome who are treated with an experimental drug called ecopipam may have improved scores on tests of tic severity three ...
Jan. 20, 2022 — A team of researchers has identified a neural network which is responsible for generating tic disorders. Targeting of this network via deep brain stimulation delivered by a pacemaker-like device has ...
Feb. 23, 2022 — New research into Tourette syndrome may signal that a diagnostic tool is near. Scientists have replicated and expanded on previous work to show that tics associated with Tourette syndrome have a ...
Apr. 30, 2021 — Researchers have identified and mapped a diverse spectrum of motor neurons along the spinal ...
May 24, 2021 — An increased connectivity in the brain between the auditory cortex and the motor control areas related to the face, mouth and throat has been discovered in people with misophonia. Their hatred of ...
Apr. 26, 2022 — Researchers have applied a chemogenetic tool in macaque monkeys and suppressed the subthalamic nucleus, a part of the basal ganglia circuitry. The chemogenetic suppression induced unstable movements. ...
Mar. 19, 2021 — Medical cannabis can reduce essential tremor in mice. By injecting a specific synthetic cannabinoid into the spinal cord of mice suffering from essential tremor, researchers have shown that the drug ...
