2020
Chapter 40 Tourette syndrome
Fasching L, Brady M, Bloch M, Lombroso P, Vaccarino F. Chapter 40 Tourette syndrome. 2020, 675-686. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-813866-3.00040-0.ChaptersTourette syndromeThalamic-cortical circuitryHuman postmortem brain tissueThalamo-cortical circuitryAdult TS patientsStriatal volume lossPostmortem brain tissueEnvironmental risk factorsStriatal interneuronsDopaminergic receptorsRecurrence rateAmeliorate symptomsBasal gangliaRisk factorsFamilial recurrence ratePharmacological strategiesVocal ticsTS patientsAnimal modelsMetabolic hypofunctionComplex neuropsychiatric disorderBrain tissueMolecular abnormalitiesNeuropsychiatric disordersGenetic alterations
2001
Antibodies against neural, nuclear, cytoskeletal, and streptococcal epitopes in children and adults with Tourette’s syndrome, Sydenham’s chorea, and autoimmune disorders
Morshed S, Parveen S, Leckman J, Mercadante M, Kiss M, Miguel E, Arman A, Yazgan Y, Fujii T, Paul S, Peterson B, Zhang H, King R, Scahill L, Lombroso P. Antibodies against neural, nuclear, cytoskeletal, and streptococcal epitopes in children and adults with Tourette’s syndrome, Sydenham’s chorea, and autoimmune disorders. Biological Psychiatry 2001, 50: 566-577. PMID: 11690591, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01096-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal antinuclear antibodiesAntinuclear antibodiesAutoimmune disordersTourette syndromeAnticytoskeletal antibodiesAntineural antibodiesStreptococcal infectionT patientsTS patientsBeta-hemolytic streptococcal infectionPrior streptococcal infectionHemolytic streptococcal infectionAntistreptolysin O titerIndirect immunofluorescent assayLevels of immunoreactivityWestern blot techniqueMean rankClinical characteristicsSydenham's choreaO titerPatient groupSC patientsIgG antibodiesIgG classNormal controls