Tourette Syndrome: Recent Insights - June 2, 2015

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Tourette Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome: Recent Insights - June 2, 2015

CDC and Related Info

• Everyone can play a role
• Behavioral Treatment for Tics: A Novel Approach.CDC Expert Commentary
• 10 Years of Tourette Syndrome Education and Research
• CDC facts about Tourette syndrome
• Genes reported in relation to Tourette syndrome, including genomewide association studies via theHuGE Navigator

CDC information on Tourette syndrome: Everyone can play a role

Advances in Tourette syndrome: Diagnoses and treatment.
Serajee FJ et al. Pediatr. Clin. North Am. 2015 Jun (3) 687-701

The lived experiences of individuals with Tourette syndrome or tic disorders: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.
Smith H et al. Br J Psychol 2015 Feb 26.

Tourette syndrome: Update.
Hallett M et al. Brain Dev. 2015 Jan 17.

Lifetime prevalence, age of risk, and genetic relationships of comorbid psychiatric disorders in Tourette syndrome.
Hirschtritt ME et al. JAMA Psychiatry 2015 Apr (4) 325-33

Association study of the SLITRK5 gene and Tourette syndrome.
Zhang K et al. Psychiatr. Genet. 2015 Feb (1) 31-4

CDC Expert Commentary: Behavioral Treatment for Tics: A Novel Approach. 
Rebecca Bitsko, November 3, 2014

Animal models of tic disorders: A translational perspective.
Godar SC, et al. J Neurosci Methods. 2014 Sep 20;238C:54-69.

Updates in medical and surgical therapies for Tourette syndrome.
Malaty IA, Akbar U. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2014 Jul;14(7):458.

The Tourette International Collaborative Genetics (TIC Genetics) study, finding the genes causing Tourette syndrome: objectives and methods.
Dietrich A, et al. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2014 Apr 26

Genetic predisposition increases the tic severity, rate of comorbidities, and psychosocial and educational difficulties in children with Tourette syndrome.
Eysturoy AN, et al. J Child Neurol. 2014 Aug 24.

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CDC information:  10 Years of Tourette Syndrome Education and Research

CDC facts about Tourette syndrome

What is Tourette syndrome? NIH Genetics Home Reference- A variety of genetic and environmental factors likely play a role in causing Tourette syndrome.

74 genes have been reported in relation to risk of Tourette syndrome, including 4 genomewide association studies. The most common reported gene is SLITRK1. To find out more, visit the HuGE Navigator 

Find out what genetic conditions and tests are available for Tourette syndrome from the NIH Genetic Testing Registry