Brain functional connectivity in Tourette syndrome

(Elsevier) Tourette syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder, causes motor and phonic "tics," or uncontrollable repeated behaviors and vocalizations. People affected by Tourette syndrome can often suppress these tics for some time before the urges become overwhelming, and researchers have long wondered at the neural underpinnings of the suppression effort. In a new study, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have assessed the impact of tic suppression on functional connectivity between brain re...