title: Progress in research on Tourette syndrome.
abstract: Tourette syndrome (TS) is a heritable neuropsychiatric disorder commonly complicated by obsessions and compulsions, but defined by frequent unwanted movements (motor tics) and vocalizations (phonic tics) that develop in childhood or adolescence. In recent years, research on TS has progressed rapidly on several fronts. Inspired by the Fifth International Scientific Symposium on Tourette Syndrome, the articles in this special issue review advances in the phenomenology, epidemiology, genetics, pathophysiology, and treatment of TS.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, Radiology, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Black
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jankovic
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, and Department of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hershey
authors.affiliation: Tourette Syndrome Association, Bayside, NY.
authors.forename: Kevin St P
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: McNaught
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
authors.forename: Jonathan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Mink
authors.affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walkup