Deep brain stimulation for Tourette’s syndrome

Abstract 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. Although behavioral and pharmacological treatments for TS are available, some patients do no...

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Main Authors: Wenying Xu, Chencheng Zhang, Wissam Deeb, Bhavana Patel, Yiwen Wu, Valerie Voon, Michael S. Okun, Bomin Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Translational Neurodegeneration
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40035-020-0183-7