The Immune Connection to Tourette Syndrome Confirmed (Premium)
The scientific search for the cause of Tourette syndrome has failed to yield clear answers. Many of the efforts have focused a dysfunction of the brain involving the cortex, the basal ganglia, the thalamus.
Taking a different approach, an autoimmune dysfunction has also been proposed. The role of the immune system has been explored and confirmed for obsessive-compulsive disorder, autism, and ADHD, yet there has been an apparent resistance to look closely at the role of the immune system in Tourette syndrome. There’s finally hope that real change is on the horizon.
