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 recei...

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Main Authors: Bronfeld, Maya, Yael, Dorin, Belelovsky, Katya, Bar-Gad, Izhar
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3776161/