| Neurofeedback Training for Tourette Syndrome: An Uncontrolled Single Case Study. | |
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PMID: 21915704 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (TS) is characterized by motor and vocal tic manifestations, often accompanied by behavioral, cognitive and affective dysfunctions. Electroencephalography of patients with TS has revealed reduced Sensorimotor Rhythm (SMR) and excessive fronto-central Theta activity, that presumably underlie motor and cognitive disturbances in TS. Some evidence exists that neurofeedback (NFB) training aimed at enhancing SMR amplitude is effective for reducing tics. The present report is an uncontrolled single case study where a NFB training protocol, involving combined SMR uptraining/Theta downtraining was delivered to a 17-year-old male with TS. After sixteen SMR-Theta sessions, six additional sessions were administered with SMR uptraining alone. SMR increase was better obtained when SMR uptraining was administered alone, whereas Theta decrease was observed after both trainings. The patient showed a reduction of tics and affective symptoms, and improvement of cognitive performance after both trainings. Overall, these findings suggest that Theta decrease might account for some clinical effects seen in conjunction with SMR uptraining. Future studies should clarify the feasibility of NFB protocols for patients with TS beyond SMR uptraining alone. |
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Simone Messerotti Benvenuti; Giulia Buodo; Valentino Leone; Daniela Palomba |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-9-14 |
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Title: Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback Volume: - ISSN: 1573-3270 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-9-14 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9712383 Medline TA: Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Via Venezia, 8, 35131, Padova, Italy, simone.messerotti@unipd.it. |
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