Publications by authors named "Z Tarnok"

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) is a disorder characterised by motor and vocal tics, which may represent habitual actions as a result of enhanced learning of associations between stimuli and responses (S-R). In this study, we investigated how adults with GTS and healthy controls (HC) learn two types of regularities in a sequence: statistics (non-adjacent probabilities) and rules (predefined order). Participants completed a visuomotor sequence learning task while EEG was recorded.

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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics. It is associated with enhanced processing of stimulus-response associations, including a higher propensity to learn probabilistic stimulus-response contingencies (i.e.

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Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by vocal and motor tics lasting more than a year. It is highly polygenic in nature with both rare and common previously associated variants. Epidemiological studies have shown TS to be correlated with other phenotypes, but large-scale phenome wide analyses in biobank level data have not been performed to date.

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Article Synopsis
  • Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that typically begins in childhood, characterized by persistent motor and vocal tics lasting over a year.
  • A genome-wide meta-analysis was conducted with a total of 6,133 TS individuals and 13,565 controls, revealing a significant genetic locus on chromosome 5q15 linked to the NR2F1 gene.
  • The study found connections between genetic markers and brain tissue, particularly implicating brain volume differences in areas such as the thalamus and putamen, paving the way for further research into TS neurobiology.
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Co-occurring psychiatric conditions are very common in tic disorders and Tourette syndrome. These additional symptoms are often detrimental to quality of life and may impact upon the implementation and efficacy of evidence-based behavioural therapies (BT) for tics. Combining a review of the available literature, relevant theory, and expert clinical practice, we present a guideline for implementing behavioural and psychosocial interventions when common comorbidities are present.

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