Quality of Life in Tic Disorders: An Observational, Mainstream School-Based Population Study over Time
Objective: Our aim was to assess Quality of Life (QoL) in a sample of children assessed at two different time points, investigate the change of…Higher self-rated obsessive-compulsion in functional compared with organic dystonia
Objective: To evaluate obsessive-compulsive symptomatology in functional and organic dystonia Background: Case-control studies have reported elevated rates of obsessive-compulsion in genetic (DYT11 and DYT5) and…Impulsive-compulsive behaviors in patients with Parkinson´s disease in Kannur, India
Objective: The main aim of the project was to determine the frequency of impulsive compulsive behaviors (ICB) in patients with Parkinson´s disease (PD) in Kannur,…Genetics of impulse control disorders in Parkinson’s disease: a case control study
Objective: To investigate the association between candidate genes and impulse control disorders (ICD) in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Background: ICD are frequently associated with dopaminergic…Tic Severity and Treatment in Children: The Effect of Comorbid Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Behaviours
Objective: This study sought to understand how the presence, severity and treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) influence tic…Augmentation and impulse control disorders in restless legs syndrome – Coexistence or association?
Objective: To assess the frequency of impulse control disorders (ICDs) in patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) with and without augmentation under dopaminergic therapy. Background:…The temporal relationship between premonitory sensations and tics compared to obsessions
Objective: Investigating the real-time relationship between premonitory urges and tics as compared to the urge to blink in healthy controls and the urge to execute…The inflammatory burden of tic onset in a paediatric cohort: A preliminary study
Objective: To evaluate the role of inflammatory triggering factors in the onset of tics and Tourette syndrome in a prospective cohort of paediatric population. Background:…Frontal dysfunction in Tourette syndrome: A PET-FDG study
Objective: Our objective was study the metabolism of brain in a group of patients with Tourette´s Syndrome. Background: The pathophysiology and anatomical basis of Tourette…The effect of dopamine on global versus specific inhibitory control in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To evaluate the effect of dopaminergic medication on inhibitory control using a novel go/no-go task in Parkinson's disease (PD). Global cognition and motor examination…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.