Tourette's syndrome and right hemisphere dysfunction.
Poor performances of patients with Tourette's syndrome (TS) on tests requiring visual-perceptual abilities had led previous authors to the suggestion of right hemisphere involvement. We have compared the results of neuropsychological examination of 16 children with TS, with those of 16 children with a lesion of the right hemisphere. No evidence was found of a dysfunction of the right hemisphere in TS.
Lanser
J B
JB
Department of Neurology, Academic Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Van Santen
W H
WH
Jennekens-Schinkel
A
A
Roos
R A
RA
D000293:Adolescent; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology