PSY 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: L-Dopa, Tourette Syndrome, Basal Ganglia
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However, injury, aging, illicit drugs, and medications will affect this. Can be a developmental or degenerative subcortical. Usually seen before the age of 10. In the united states, we do not know exactly how many people have. Most are expected to grow out of symptoms. People who are diagnosed will often be treated and be thought of as getting better and it is assumed that the therapy is working, but they are really just growing out of it. Sometimes fixing one fixes the rest, but you often start with whatever part is giving them the most difficulty. If you have tourette"s you have an equal chance of having a child that has adhd, ocd, or tourette"s (but it is still not very high) When asked to suppress tics for an fmri, it is seen that the older/more developed, can suppress them for longer. Prevalence improves in the late teens or early 20"s. Degeneration vs. developmental - very different disorder.
