Tourette's tics are not just motor misfires—an emotion-linked brain circuit may open a new treatment frontier

While tics have been considered to result from an aberrant function of the brain's motor cortex, a Kobe University mouse ...
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Regulator recommends two devices to reduce the severity of tics in people with Tourette syndrome

Two technologies that are based on research by University of Nottingham experts to reduce the severity of tics in people with Tourette syndrome (TS) are closer to patient use after being recommended ...
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Shouting Curses and Slurs Is Uncommon in Tourette Syndrome — But People Who Have Tics Suffer Harsh Social Stigma

John Davidson, whose life inspired the award-winning biopic I Swear, involuntarily shouted a racial slur during Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s speech at the BAFTA film awards in London on Feb.

Boy's Tourette's swear words 'need no apology'

Nine-year-old Rocky from Bristol is diagnosed with coprolalia, which causes uncontrollable swearing.
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Why do people with Tourette's swear? Understanding the BAFTA racial outburst

On Sunday night’s British Academy Film Awards ceremony in London, Tourette Syndrome campaigner John Davidson was heard making outbursts involuntarily throughout the show. One of these outbursts, ...
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Taboo tics like shouting curses and slurs are uncommon in Tourette syndrome − but people who have them suffer harsh social stigma

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rena Zito, Elon University (THE CONVERSATION) John Davidson, whose life inspired the ...