2008
Brain Areas Coactivating with Motor Cortex During Chronic Motor Tics and Intentional Movements
Hampson M, Tokoglu F, King RA, Constable RT, Leckman JF. Brain Areas Coactivating with Motor Cortex During Chronic Motor Tics and Intentional Movements. Biological Psychiatry 2008, 65: 594-599. PMID: 19111281, PMCID: PMC2679868, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.11.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMotor cortexSupplementary motor areaControl subjectsBrain areasMotor ticsTic disordersTic movementsMotor areaTic-like movementsHealthy control subjectsChronic tic disorderNormal control subjectsChronic motor ticsNovel intervention strategiesFunctional neuroimaging studiesTic executionSevere ticsIntentional movementPatient's ticsMotor regionsPremonitory urgesBrain activity patternsAdult subjectsTic generationCortex
1998
A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Tic Suppression in Tourette Syndrome
Peterson BS, Skudlarski P, Anderson AW, Zhang H, Gatenby JC, Lacadie CM, Leckman JF, Gore JC. A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Tic Suppression in Tourette Syndrome. JAMA Psychiatry 1998, 55: 326-333. PMID: 9554428, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.4.326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTic suppressionTourette syndromeTic symptomsBasal gangliaPathogenesis of ticsVoluntary tic suppressionMagnetic resonance imaging studyResonance imaging studyFunctional magnetic resonance imaging studySubcortical neural circuitsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingConnected cortical regionsRegional signal changesImpaired modulationSignal changesFunctional debilityNeuronal activityResonance imagingAdult subjectsImaging studiesCortical regionsNeuropsychiatric disordersNeural circuitsSyndrome
1994
"Just right" perceptions associated with compulsive behavior in Tourette's syndrome
Leckman JF, Walker DE, Goodman WK, Pauls DL, Cohen DJ. "Just right" perceptions associated with compulsive behavior in Tourette's syndrome. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1994, 151: 675-680. PMID: 8166308, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.151.5.675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge of OnsetAgedAwarenessBasal GangliaChildComorbidityCompulsive BehaviorCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedObsessive BehaviorObsessive-Compulsive DisorderPerceptionPersonality InventoryPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSensationSeverity of Illness IndexTourette SyndromeConceptsTic disordersObsessive-compulsive disorderTourette syndromeObsessive-compulsive symptomsCompulsive behaviorsCross-sectional studyYale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive ScaleObsessive Compulsive ScaleTic symptomsChronic disordersPhonic ticsChildhood onsetEpidemiological studiesSyndromeAdult subjectsBrain regionsSymptomsCompulsive ScaleDisordersSensorimotor informationSubjectsThree-quartersCompulsive actsPathobiologySeverity
1993
Premonitory urges in Tourette's syndrome
Leckman JF, Walker DE, Cohen DJ. Premonitory urges in Tourette's syndrome. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1993, 150: 98-102. PMID: 8417589, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.150.1.98.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTic disordersPremonitory urgesTourette syndromeYale Global Tic Severity ScaleHyperkinetic movement disordersCross-sectional studyTic Severity ScaleVoluntary responseMidline abdomenTic symptomsPhonic ticsMovement disordersEpidemiological studiesSeverity ScaleCase findingTic severityPrevalence dataAdult subjectsBrain regionsSyndromeTic behaviorsInvoluntary motorFeeling of reliefDisordersAnatomical regions