Tic Reduction Following Heat-Induced Dehydration in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (TS)

Ashley B. Durbin; Matthew R. Rodgers; James Robert Brašić

doi:10.3390/IECBS2022-13505

Biology and Life Sciences Forum (Nov 2022)

Tic Reduction Following Heat-Induced Dehydration in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (TS)

Ashley B. Durbin,
Matthew R. Rodgers,
James Robert Brašić

Affiliations

Ashley B. Durbin: Section of High-Resolution Brain Positron Emission Tomography Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Matthew R. Rodgers: Section of High-Resolution Brain Positron Emission Tomography Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
James Robert Brašić: Section of High-Resolution Brain Positron Emission Tomography Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/IECBS2022-13505
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 1
p. 18

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A 24-year-old man with of Gilles de la Tourette (TS) syndrome experienced a marked remission of 2 years after heat-induced dehydration. Further investigation of the effects of heat and dehydration on TS may be useful.

Published in Biology and Life Sciences Forum

ISSN: 2673-9976 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Botany: Plant ecology; Science: Physiology: Animal biochemistry; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/blsf

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