Surgeons explore new treatment for Tourette syndrome
......CLEVELAND, April 1, 2004: A neurosurgical team at University Hospitals of Cleveland (UHC) has, for the first time in North America, applied a new surgical approach to the treatment of Tourette syndrome, resulting in the immediate and nearly complete resolution of symptoms for the patient, who has suffered from this neurologic disorder since he was a child.... "We were genuinely amazed at...USF study: Nicotine antagonist relieves depression in children with Tourette's
Tampa, FL (Dec. 10, 2002) -- A well-tolerated drug that blocks nicotine receptors in the brain appears to relieve depression and mood instability in children and adolescents with Tourette's syndrome, a preliminary study by University of South Florida College of Medicine researchers has found....... The multicenter, placebo-controlled study of the drug mecamylamine is published in the latest issue...Hopkins researchers find tourette drug has unexpected effect
. A new study by Johns Hopkins Children's Center neurologists suggests that . baclofen, a drug long thought to be effective in reducing the vocal and . motor tics associated with Tourette syndrome, improves a patient's overall . sense of well-being but does not significantly reduce tics.. . "One of our conclusions is that baclofen helps as a treatment for Tourette . syndrome, but it appears to.... . Johns Hopkins researchers have found evidence that Tourette's syndrome,.which causes involuntary muscle contractions and bursts of words and noise, may.be triggered in part by an infection. . "We think antibodies made by the immune system in response to a.bacterial infection may go on to attack brain nerve cells in a subset of the.children who develop Tourette's," says Harvey...