Open AccessCorrelates and Clinical Implications of Tic Suppressibility
Author(s) -
Keisuke Ueda,
Soyoung Kim,
Deanna J. Greene,
Kevin J. Black
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current developmental disorders reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 2196-2987
DOI - 10.1007/s40474-021-00230-4
Subject(s) - tics , tic disorder , mechanism (biology) , psychology , medicine , neuroscience , philosophy , epistemology
Tic disorders are common in the pediatric population and are differentiated from other movement disorders by tic suppressibility. Understanding the mechanism of tic suppression may provide new insights to the pathophysiology of tic disorders. This article highlights clinical phenomenology and neuronal correlates of tic suppressibility.