α6-Containing GABAA receptors: functional roles and therapeutic potentials

W Sieghart, LC Chiou, M Ernst, J Fabjan… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
GABA A receptors containing the α6 subunit are highly expressed in cerebellar granule cells
and less abundantly in many other neuronal and peripheral tissues. Here, we for the first …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress on Tourette syndrome

K Ueda, KJ Black - Faculty Reviews, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tic disorders and Tourette syndrome are the most common movement disorders in children
and are characterized by movements or vocalizations. Clinically, Tourette syndrome is …

Neuroanatomical signatures associated with dispositional optimism predict COVID-19-related posttraumatic stress symptoms

H Lai, Y Zhao, J Li, Q Gong, S Wang - Cerebral Cortex, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has been increasingly documented to cause negative impacts on
mental health outcomes, eg posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Dispositional optimism …

The cerebellum in drug-naive children with Tourette syndrome and obsessive–compulsive disorder

S Tikoo, A Suppa, S Tommasin, C Giannì, G Conte… - The Cerebellum, 2021 - Springer
Tourette syndrome (TS) and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) are two
neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by repetitive behaviors. Our recent study in …

[HTML][HTML] The dysfunctional mechanisms throwing tics: structural and functional changes in Tourette syndrome

J Lamanna, M Ferro, S Spadini, G Racchetti… - Behavioral …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a high-incidence multifactorial neuropsychiatric disorder
characterized by motor and vocal tics co-occurring with several diverse comorbidities …

Resting-state functional connectivity in drug-naive pediatric patients with Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder

S Tikoo, F Cardona, S Tommasin, C Giannì… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Previous studies in cohorts of Tourette syndrome (TS) or obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD) patients have not clarified whether these two disorders represent two clinical …

The role of the cerebellum in repetitive behavior across species: childhood stereotypies and deer mice

SL Dean, L Tochen, F Augustine, SF Ali, D Crocetti… - The Cerebellum, 2022 - Springer
Recent studies suggest that the cerebellum may have a significant role in repetitive
behaviors. In primary complex motor stereotypies, typically developing children have …

Multivariate classification provides a neural signature of Tourette disorder

GA Zito, A Hartmann, B Béranger, S Weber… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Background Tourette disorder (TD), hallmarks of which are motor and vocal tics, has been
related to functional abnormalities in large-scale brain networks. Using a fully data driven …

Increased alpha-band connectivity during tic suppression in children with Tourette syndrome revealed by source electroencephalography analyses

S Morand-Beaulieu, J Wu, LC Mayes, H Grantz… - Biological Psychiatry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder involving chronic
motor and phonic tics. Most individuals with TS can suppress their tics for at least a short …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha6-containing GABAA receptors–Novel targets for the treatment of schizophrenia

LC Chiou, W Sieghart - Pharmacological Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract α6-containing GABA A receptors (α6GABA A Rs) are strongly expressed in
cerebellar granule cells and are of central importance for cerebellar functions. The …