Article
The genetic basis of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews - 1 Jul 2013
Paschou Peristera
Abstract excerpt
Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that is caused by a likely complex genetic basis, interacting with environmental factors. Just as multiple large scale collaborative projects for TS are starting out and the first ever genomewide association study for TS has been published, this review provides a synthetic overview of more than two decades of active research. Studies of the...
Topics
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins
- Monoamine Oxidase
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Receptors, Dopamine D2
- Tourette Syndrome
