Tourette Syndrome

Congratulations to Drs. Michael Okun, Kelly Foote and Aysegul Gunduz on the publication of “Future directions in psychiatric neurosurgery: Proceedings of the 2022 American society for stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery meeting on surgical neuromodulation for psychiatric disorders,” which was published in the May 2023 edition of Brain Stimulation. Abstract…

Congratulations to Drs. Irene Malaty and Michael Okun on the publication of “Diagnosis and management of functional tic-like phenomena.”  This article was published in the August 21st edition of OSF Preprints. Abstract Over the past 3 years, a global phenomenon has emerged characterized by the sudden onset and…

Congratulations Drs. Jackson N.Cagle, Robert S.Eisinger, Marshall T.Holland, Kelly D.Foote, Michael S.Okun, Aysegul Gunduz on the publication of “A novel…

Congratulations Drs. Irene Malaty and Michael Okun on the publication of “The 5 Pillars in Tourette Syndrome Deep Brain Stimulation Patient Selection: Present and Future,” which was published in the February issue of Neurology. Abstract The selection of Tourette syndrome (TS) patients for deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery rests…

Congratulations Jackson N. Cagle, Wissam Deeb, Robert S. Eisinger, Rene Molina, Enrico Opri, Marshall T. Holland,  Kelly D. Foote, Michael S. Okun, and Aysegul Gunduz on the publication of “Lead Repositioning Guided by Both Physiology and Atlas Based Targeting in Tourette Deep…

Congratulations to Drs. Okun, Foote and Gunduz on the publication of “Differentiating tic electrophysiology from voluntary movement in the human thalamocortical circuit,” which was published in Neuropsychiatry. Abstract Objectives Tourette syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder commonly associated with involuntary movements, or tics. We currently lack an ideal animal model for…

Congratulations Drs. Tamara Pringsheim, Michael S. Okun, Kirsten Müller-Vahl, Davide Martino, Joseph Jankovic, Andrea E. Cavanna, Douglas W. Woods, Michael Robinson, Elizabeth Jarvie, Veit Roessner, …

Congratulations Dr. Okun on the publication of “Interrogating the Genetic Determinants of Tourette’s Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders Through Genome-Wide Association Studies,” in the March issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry. Abstract Objective: Tourette’s syndrome is polygenic and highly heritable. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) approaches are useful for interrogating…

Congratulations Drs. Rameriz-Zamora, Gunduz, Foote, Almedia, Hu, Deeb and Okun on the acceptance of “Evolving applications, technological challenges and future opportunities in neuromodulation: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank.”  This article will be published soon in Frontiers in Neuroscience.  Check here for an email reminder…