Deep brain stimulation in Tourette's Syndrome

Objective: Tourette’s syndrome (TS) is defined by one year of persistent motor and vocal tics. Often, the tics are refractory to conventional pharmacologic and psychobehavioral interventions. In these patients, deep brain stimulation (DBS) may be an appropriate intervention. This paper reviews diffe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Avram eFraint, Gian ePal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
DBS
ts
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2015.00170/full