Electro-Myo-Stimulation Induced Tic Exacerbation - Increased Tendencies for the Formation of Perception-Action Links in Tourette Syndrome

Anne Weissbach; Maximilian Kleimaker; Tobias Bäumer; Christian Beste; Alexander Münchau

doi:10.5334/tohm.547

Electro-Myo-Stimulation Induced Tic Exacerbation - Increased Tendencies for the Formation of Perception-Action Links in Tourette Syndrome

Anne Weissbach, Maximilian Kleimaker, Tobias Bäumer, Christian Beste, Alexander Münchau

Abstract

Background: Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder defined by motor and phonic tics. Sensory stimuli can trigger tics, which suggests that GTS is a disorder of perception-action processing rather than a pure motor disorder. Case report: We describe a GTS patient that developed exacerbation of tics after transcutaneous electro-myo-stimulation (YGTSS pre-EMS 27/100, post-EMS 69/100). Discussion: If behaviorally irrelevant stimuli exacerbate tics, there might be a high readiness of the motor system to respond to any stimulus in these patients. In addition to tighter binding between previously established perception-action links, the likelihood for the formation of automatic perception-action links might also be higher in GTS.

Original language	English
Article number	41
Journal	Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.)
Volume	10
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.547
Publication status	Published - 08.10.2020

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Electro-Myo-Stimulation Induced Tic Exacerbation - Increased Tendencies for the Formation of Perception-Action Links in Tourette Syndrome. / Weissbach, Anne; Kleimaker, Maximilian; Bäumer, Tobias et al.
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Electro-Myo-Stimulation Induced Tic Exacerbation - Increased Tendencies for the Formation of Perception-Action Links in Tourette Syndrome

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