Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Event-Related Brain Potentials Show Similar Mechansims of Frontal Inhibition but Dissimilar Target Evaluation Processes

Abstract

Objectives: Tourette Syndrome (TS) and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD) share many clinical similarities and show a strong comorbidity. Current theories view a frontal-striatal dysfunction as the underlying cause of many clinical aspects of both disorders.