Investigating brain activity prior to tics and modulating this activity with peripheral nerve stimulation to suppress tics in Tourette syndrome
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics. It is associated with a dysfunction in the cortical-striatal-thalamic-cortical (CSTC) circuit that leads to an overexcited motor cortex resulting in the execution of the motor or vocal action (tics). Most indivi...
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| Format: | Thesis (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/64431/ |