Gaba-Ergic Dysfunction in Tourette Syndrome

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-7-7

Gaba-Ergic Dysfunction in Tourette Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 26 (2012): Issue 7

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jul 2012

Abstract

Researchers at the FDA, Silver Spring, MD; Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA; National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD; and other centers used a PET study to assess the involvement of the GABA-ergic system in 11 adult Tourette syndrome patients compared to 11 healthy controls.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-7-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 54 - 54

Published on: Jul 1, 2012

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Tourette syndrome,

Ventral striatum,

Periaqueductal grey

© 2012 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 26 (2012): Issue 7