Scientists induce temporary Tourette’s

TheLocal.de ^ | 1 Nov 12 08:20 CET | (The Local/bk)

[Olog-hai]

German brain researchers have successfully induced Tourette’s syndrome symptoms in healthy people for the first time, using powerful magnetic pulses. They hope it could lead to a non-drug treatment.

The scientists at the University of Düsseldorf were researching the mechanism behind one of the symptoms of Tourette’s, known as “echophenomena”—involuntarily repeating the words or movements of others.

They managed to induce this reaction in healthy human subjects by stimulating the supplementary motor area (SMA) of the brain, which controls movement. This could lead to non-drug therapy to reduce tics and repetitions in Tourette’s patients. …

[mbarker12474]

Tourette’s ping OCD asperger’s ping

[verum ago]

They managed to induce this reaction in healthy human subjects by stimulating the supplementary motor area (SMA) of the brain, which controls movement.

Stimulate it with pictures of Biden, Hillary, Obama, or all three? Or do they produce more of an emetic effect?

Okay, snark aside, this is pretty neat. Thanks for posting it.

[allmendream]

Science seems to induce intellectual Tourettes in a particular segment of the FR community.

[BikerJoe]

With all due respect to those who truly suffer from this debilitating syndrome, all I need is MSNBC to trigger a similar outcome.

[verum ago]

Tourette’s ping OCD asperger’s ping

It looks like you forgot to paste your ping list(s) into the 'to' field, FRiend.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I can do the same by giving someone the hotfoot!

They jump, scream, cuss, ect.

[Gay State Conservative]

I worked for years in a big city ER and one evening we had a guy in the waiting room,a visitor rather than a patient,who had Tourette’s.He was white and his “tick” was to shout racial slurs.A number of the other folks in the waiting room were black,including several young,virile guys.The charge nurse had to take those guys aside and give them a crash course on Tourette’s in order to prevent a riot.It was a scary situation.

[TurboZamboni]

Sounds like a scene with the “daredevil” in “Kentucky Fried Movie”.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Scientists induce temporary Tourette’s

I think someone may have been experimenting with Joe Biden for several years already.

[Sacajaweau]

Interesting....No think about those GIRLS in Leroy NY...

Were these girls guinea pigs of some braino. I'd start checking their computers....or flux from power lines. There is a strong common thread between these girls....find it!!

[Sacajaweau]

Interesting....Now think about those GIRLS in Leroy NY...

Were these girls guinea pigs of some braino. I'd start checking their computers....or flux from power lines. There is a strong common thread between these girls....find it!!

[ScottinVA]

Well, at least it offers one possible explanation.

[6ppc]

I get Tourettes every time I see zero, Pelosi or Reid on TV!

[Peter ODonnell]

I don’t #@^%&@ believe this #@$&^@ for a @#*%&@ minute.

[Heavyrunner]

I suspect the voters will induce temporary Tourette’s in the liberal half of the country on Tuesday next week. :)

[Dr. Sivana]

Shouldn’t they be trying to stop Tourette’s rather than induce it? Well, if this were a Captain Marvel comic book, I think the hero would undo the Tourette’s by reversing the polarity.

[WhiskeyX]

Finally, there is hope for a drug therapy to help Chris Matthews with his potty mouth.

[NonValueAdded]

Obama commercials are temporarily inducing Tourette’s-like reactions in casa NVA

[JRios1968]

German brain researchers have successfully induced Tourette’s syndrome symptoms in healthy people for the first time, using powerful magnetic pulses.

Heavy drinking does it for me.