Research Listing: Tourette Syndrome: Genetics and Epidemiology



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Intragenic deletions affecting two alternative transcripts of the IMMP2L gene in patients with Tourette syndrome. Bertelsen B, Melchior L, Jensen LR et al. Eur J Hum Genet. 2014 Feb 19. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.24. >>

 

Prenatal risk factors for Tourette Syndrome: a systematic review. Chao TK, Hu J, Pringsheim T. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2014 Jan 30;14:53. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-53. >>

 

Pathogenetic model for Tourette syndrome delineates overlap with related neurodevelopmental disorders including Autism. Clarke R A, Lee S and Eapen V. Translational Psychiatry 2012; 2, e158; doi:10.1038/tp.2012.75 >>

 

Evaluation of the LIM homeobox genes LHX6 and LHX8 as candidates for Tourette syndrome. Paschou P, Stylianopoulou E, Karagiannidis I, et al. Genes Brain Behav 2012 Mar 21.
 

The genetics of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Bertelsen B, Melchior L, Debes NM, et al. Ugeskr Laeger 2012; 174(8):484-487.
 

The genetics of Tourette syndrome. Deng H, Gao K, Jankovic J. Nat Rev Neurol 2012; 8(4):203-13.
[Searching for Tourette's syndrome gene. Part 1. Heterogeneity of clinical phenotypes] Kowalska A, Midro AT, Janik P, et al. [English Abstract] Postepy Hig Med Dosw (Online) 2012; 66(0):85-8.
 

Prevalence of tourette syndrome and chronic tics in the population-based avon longitudinal study of parents and children cohort. Scharf JM, Miller LL, Mathews CA, Ben-Shlomo Y. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 Feb;51(2):192-201.e5. ⸬
 

Rare copy number variants in tourette syndrome disrupt genes in histaminergic pathways and overlap with autism. Fernandez TV, Sanders SJ, Yurkiewicz IR, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Kim YS, Fishman DO, Raubeson MJ, Song Y, Yasuno K, Ho WS, Bilguvar K, Glessner J, Chu SH, Leckman JF, King RA, Gilbert DL, Heiman GA, Tischfield JA, Hoekstra PJ, Devlin B, Hakonarson H, Mane SM, Günel M, State MW. Biol Psychiatry. 2012 Mar 1;71(5):392-402. ⸭  ⸬
 

Association of SLITRK1 to Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome. Miranda DM, Wigg K, Kabia EM, Feng Y, Sandor P, Barr CL. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2009 Jun 5;150B(4):483-6. ⸭  ⸬
 

The genetics of Tourette syndrome: a review. O’Rourke JA, Scharf JM, Yu D, Pauls DL  J Psychosom Res 2009 Dec; 67(6):533-45. ⸭  ⸬
 

Haplotype evolution of SLITRK1, a candidate gene for Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Speed WC, O’Roak BJ, Tárnok Z, Barta C, Pakstis AJ, State MW, Kidd KK. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2008 Jun 5;147B(4):463-6. ⸭  ⸬
The prevalence and epidemiology of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Part 1: the epidemiological and prevalence studies. Robertson MM. J Psychosom Res. 2008 Nov;65(5):461-72. ⸭  ⸬
 

The prevalence and epidemiology of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Part 2: tentative explanations for differing prevalence figures in GTS, including the possible effects of psychopathology, aetiology, cultural differences, and differing phenotypes. Robertson MM. J Psychosom Res. 2008 Nov;65(5):473-86. ⸭  ⸬
 

Genetics and epidemiology of Tourette’s syndrome. Keen-Kim D, Freimer NB. J Child Neurol 2006; 21:665—671.
Sequence variants in SLITRK1 are associated with Tourette’s syndrome. Abelson JF, Kwan KY, O’Roak BJ, et al. Science 2005; 310:317—320.



An international perspective on Tourette syndrome: selected finding from 3500 individuals in 22 countries. Freeman R, Fast D, Burd L, Kerbeshian J, Robertson M, Sandor P. Dev Med Child Neurol 2000; 42: 436–47. >>​

 

​Evidence against a genetic relationship between Tourette's syndrome and anxiety, depression, panic and phobic disorders. Pauls D, Leckman J, Cohen D. Br J Psychiatry. 1994 Feb;164(2):215-21. UnMed​

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A possible genetic relationship exists between Tourette’s syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Pauls DL, Leckman J, Towbin KE, et al. Psychopharmacol Bull 1986; 22:730—733.