Impulse Control in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome

N/ACompletedNCT04197804

I.R.C.C.S Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio40 enrolled

Overview

The study intends to evaluate the role of Mirror Neurons in the determination of gestures, words, and repetitive vocalizations in subjects affected by Tourette's syndrome and to verify if these subjects are faster to assemble sounds, in phonology and morphology, than the non-pathological population.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Tourette Syndrome

Interventions

Routine tests performOTHER

The subjects of the Tourette group and control group are subjected to routine tests performed at Tourette Center and Extrapyramidal Diseases. Both groups are initially subjected to an evaluation that aims to identify the IQ and therefore 4 tasks are presented. The 1st (with a duration of about 2 and a half minutes) and the 2nd (with a duration of about 2 minutes) related to the motor field, the 3rd (with duration of about 1 minute) and the 4th (with duration about 3 minutes) the language field. These evaluations are in practice at the Center for Tourette patients; the tasks will be administered to both groups.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 YearsMax age: 10 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: TOURETTE GROUP * Consecutive patients belonging to the Tourette Center * Caucasian * Italian mother-tongue * Age between 6 and 10 years completed * Male and female 4: 1 (16 males and 4 females) * Diagnosis of Tourette's syndrome for at least 1 year * Presence of a value of YGTSS\> 50% NOT GROUP TOURETTE * Caucasian * Italian mother-tongue * Age between 6 and 10 years completed * Male and female 4: 1 (16 males and 4 females) Exclusion Criteria: TOURETTE GROUP * Diagnosis of DSA * Presence of significant psychiatric disorders, with the exception of those belonging to the Tourette Syndrome itself (eg ADHD, OCD). NOT GROUP TOURETTE * Diagnosis of DSA * Presence of significant psychiatric disorders

Locations (1)

IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi

Milan, Italy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Tourette syndrome and the imitation of gestures

The aim is to investigate the correlation between Mirror Neurons and Tourette Syndrome defining the greater propensity of the Tourettian subjects to imitate gestures, through the administration of the first Task

Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

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