Echoes from childhood-imitation in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 562-565

  Finis, Jennifer ^a,b   Moczydlowski, Agnes ^c   Pollok, Bettina ^a,b   Biermann Ruben, Katja ^a,b   Thomalla, Götz ^c   Heil, Martin ^a   Krause, Holger ^a,b   Jonas, Melanie ^d   Schnitzler, Alfons ^a,b   Münchau, Alexander ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echopraxia; Gilles de la tourette syndrome; Imitation; Mirror neuron system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIC; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOURETTE SYNDROME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859426632     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.24913     Document Type: Article

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