A Look inside Tourette's Syndrome

In 1885, a French neurologist Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette discovered Tourette's syndrome. Tourette's syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized as being repeated stereotypes, involuntary movements, and convulsions (National Nervous System Stroke Research Institute [NIH], 2012). TS is 3 to 4 times more common in men than women, but it can occur in all ethnic, racial, cultural, social groups (National Neuropathy Stroke Institute [NIH], 2012).

First of all, what is Tourette's syndrome? In other words, Tourette's syndrome is a disease of the nervous system. It can not be denied that TS limits knowledge on pathophysiology. But what we know is that the connections between neurons somewhere in the brain are incorrect. Therefore, there is a tendency to use a face and vocal cords to make a lot of strange things (called a single contraction). No one really knows why some people will develop Tourette's syndrome, but there is some evidence that heredity may work well in some circumstances. However, there is no confirmation

In 1999, International Tourette Society Genetics Association of Tourette Syndrome announced that scientists have identified two chromosomal markers that point to specific regions of the gene that may be found in Tourette's syndrome. Scientists from the United States of the Tourette Syndrome Association will map the genetic maps of these areas located on chromosomes 4 and 8.

The exact cause of Tourette's syndrome is currently unknown. A clinical researcher at Yale University School of Medicine found a gene on chromosome 13. And it seems to be related to certain Tourette syndrome. This gene is thought to be involved in the growth of neurons (neurons) in the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia. Many researchers believe that the disease may be inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with incomplete penetrance and diversity. Human characteristics including classical genetic diseases are the products of the interaction of two genes, one from father and one from mother.