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  2. Tourette syndrome - Wikipedia

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    About 1% of children and adolescents [ 4 ] Between 0.3% and 1.0% of general population [ 5 ] Tourette syndrome or Tourette's syndrome (abbreviated as TS or Tourette's) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in childhood or adolescence. It is characterized by multiple movement (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic.

  3. Causes and origins of Tourette syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Tourette syndrome (abbreviated as Tourette's or TS) is an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in childhood or adolescence, characterized by the presence of multiple motor tics and at least one phonic tic, which characteristically wax and wane. Tourette's syndrome occurs along a spectrum of tic disorders, which includes transient ...

  4. ‘Are you some kind of freak?’ My childhood with Tourette’s ...

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    My childhood with Tourette’s — and the friend who got me through it. Olivia Savoie. September 25, 2024 at 2:50 PM. My childhood best friend, Tayler (left), and me, as children in Louisiana ...

  5. Management of Tourette syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The management of Tourette syndrome has the goal of managing symptoms to achieve optimum functioning, rather than eliminating symptoms; not all persons with Tourette's require treatment, and there is no cure [1] or universally effective medication. [2] Explanation and reassurance alone are often sufficient treatment; [2] education is an ...

  6. Lewis Capaldi's fans help finish his song as he experiences ...

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    Lewis Capaldi's fans helped him sing "Someone you Loved" at a concert when he seemed to be suffering from his Tourette symptoms mid-show. Lewis Capaldi's fans help finish his song as he ...

  7. Echolalia - Wikipedia

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    Echolalia and echopraxia are distinguishing tics of Tourette syndrome (TS); [1] the echolalic repetitions of individuals with TS are mainly echoes from within their own "tic repertoire". [1] Evidence points to a healthy mirror neuron system (MNS), but "inadequate imitation-control mechanism, which make them vulnerable to interferences".

  8. Echopraxia - Wikipedia

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    Echopraxia is a typical symptom of Tourette syndrome but causes are not well elucidated. [1]Frontal lobe animation. One theoretical cause subject to ongoing debate surrounds the role of the mirror neuron system (MNS), a group of neurons in the inferior frontal gyrus (F5 region) of the brain that may influence imitative behaviors, [1] but no widely accepted neural or computational models have ...

  9. Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It - Wikipedia

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    The film follows John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, and the changes in his life since the 1989 QED documentary John's Not Mad.[2] Another individual with Tourette syndrome, Greg, was filmed by his mother; his tics occasionally make him collapse or appear frozen. In this film, the pair meet and see how each copes with the condition.