Tourette Syndrome as a Neurotransmitter Disorder

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1035-1040

  Winter, C ^a   Heinz, A ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Biochemical analysis; Cortico striato thalamo cortical circuitry; Disinihibition; Dopamine (tonic phasic control); GABA; Glutamate; Neurotransmitters; Obsessive compulsive disorders; PET; Receptors; Serotonin; SPECT; Tourette syndrome; Transporters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874550587     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01509-6     Document Type: Chapter

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