Gaba-Ergic Dysfunction in Tourette Syndrome

Abstract

Researchers at the FDA, Silver Spring, MD; Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA; National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD; and other centers used a PET study to assess the involvement of the GABA-ergic system in 11 adult Tourette syndrome patients compared to 11 healthy controls.

Keywords

• tourette syndrome
• ventral striatum
• periaqueductal grey