Motor tics evoked by striatal disinhibition in the rat

Motor tics are sudden, brief, repetitive movements that constitute the main symptom of Tourette syndrome (TS). Multiple lines of evidence suggest the involvement of the cortico-basal ganglia system, and in particular the basal ganglia input structure – the striatum in tic formation. The striatum rec...

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Main Authors: Maya eBronfeld, Dorin eYael, Katya eBelelovsky, Izhar eBar‐Gad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00050/full