What is it about?
Dr. Keisuke Ueda led this review of tic suppression, a feature of #Tourette syndrome.
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Why is it important?
Tics are briefly suppressible, with effort. This characteristic sets tics apart from many other movement disorders, and can lead to confusion on the part of parents, teachers or others, who may misinterpret this phenomenon as evidence that the tics are under complete voluntary control. Why tics are suppressible, and how tic suppression is accomplished in the brain, are topics of increasing research interest.
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This page is a summary of: Correlates and Clinical Implications of Tic Suppressibility, Current Developmental Disorders Reports, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s40474-021-00230-4.
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