Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 559-573 , December 2009

Imaging evidence for anatomical disturbances and neuroplastic compensation in persons with Tourette syndrome

  • Kerstin J. Plessen

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Neuroscience Group, Institute for Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    • Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty for Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    • Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
    • Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5021 Bergen, Norway. Fax: +47 55 589872.
    • ,
  • Ravi Bansal

      Affiliations

    • Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Bradley S. Peterson

      Affiliations

    • Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA

Received 17 March 2009 ,Revised 3 July 2009 ,Accepted 9 July 2009.

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☆ This work was supported in part by National Institute of Mental Health grants (MHK02-74677, MH59139, and MH068318), the Suzanne Crosby Murphy Endowment at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and by a grant from the MoodNet, Health Authorities of West Norway.

PII: S0022-3999(09)00269-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.07.005

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
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