Tourette syndrome

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Tourette Syndrome

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Tics are sudden twitches, movements or sounds done repeatedly -Center for Disease Control

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Motor Tics -blinking -grimaching -nose twitching

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Phonic Tics -sniffling -throat clearing -repetative or obscene language

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Simple Tics

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Complex Tics

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- contraction of one muscle group ex: blinking

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-contraction of multiple muscle groups - involuntary reaching

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Basal Ganglia

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Faulty Basal Ganglia = No Inhibition in Thalamus = Signal Sent to Motor Cortex = Execution of Movement