Tourette’s Syndrome Disorder Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, first reported case of Tourette’s Syndrome was found in 1825. The described the case as being called Marquise de Dampierre. Which her symptoms included shouting curse words. Nine patients was diagnosed with Maladie des tics in 1885 by Dr. George. Dr. George Gilles de la Tourette a french neurologist. He described the patient's condition as the following ; the patients twitched and jerked uncontrollably, grunting and crying. Dr. George Gilles de la Tourette's was shot by one of patients that had paranoid schizophrenia. 1972, (TSA) National Tourette Syndrome Association found to help scientific progress. Four years later 1976, Canada foundation for tourette’s, helps people with the tourette’s
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Tics are brief movements or sounds. There are two different types of Tics: Motor and Vocal tics. Inside these Motor and Vocal Tics. There are complex and simple tics. Simple tics are sudden, brief, and use a limited amount of muscles. Some simple motor tics include eye blinking, shoulder shrugging, mouth movements. Examples of simple vocal tics may consist of coughing, barking, throat clearing, and grunting. The other type of tics is the complex ones which are the opposite of simple, they are distinct, coordinate patterns, and several muscles groups used. In vocal tics, they include repeating one’s words/ phrases or one’s own, and swearing. Some complex motor tics may involve spinning around, touching or smelling objects, and jumping up and down. Tics may occur during sleep. They might also vary by frequency and severity. Tourette’s Syndrome is an autosomal dominant pattern disorder. Which means one copy of the genes is inherited from one parent. We have less evidence on genetic relationships with the genes that have smaller effects and environmental factors. If the trait was put in a punnett square the parent genotypes would be Tt times tt so there is a 50/50%, 1:1 ration that the offspring gets the genes from the parents. Boys that have the tourette’s syndrome gene are 3 to 4 times more likely to get tourette’s than girls. May also be triggered by an abnormal metabolism of a chemical called Dopamine in the
Tics are brief movements or sounds. There are two different types of Tics: Motor and Vocal tics. Inside these Motor and Vocal Tics. There are complex and simple tics. Simple tics are sudden, brief, and use a limited amount of muscles. Some simple motor tics include eye blinking, shoulder shrugging, mouth movements. Examples of simple vocal tics may consist of coughing, barking, throat clearing, and grunting. The other type of tics is the complex ones which are the opposite of simple, they are distinct, coordinate patterns, and several muscles groups used. In vocal tics, they include repeating one’s words/ phrases or one’s own, and swearing. Some complex motor tics may involve spinning around, touching or smelling objects, and jumping up and down. Tics may occur during sleep. They might also vary by frequency and severity. Tourette’s Syndrome is an autosomal dominant pattern disorder. Which means one copy of the genes is inherited from one parent. We have less evidence on genetic relationships with the genes that have smaller effects and environmental factors. If the trait was put in a punnett square the parent genotypes would be Tt times tt so there is a 50/50%, 1:1 ration that the offspring gets the genes from the parents. Boys that have the tourette’s syndrome gene are 3 to 4 times more likely to get tourette’s than girls. May also be triggered by an abnormal metabolism of a chemical called Dopamine in the