Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 750-760 , June 2010

Somatosensory–motor bodily representation cortical thinning in Tourette: Effects of tic severity, age and gender

  • Cherine Fahim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montréal, Canada
    • Laboratory for the Experimental Research on Behaviour (LERB), Faculty of Social Sciences and Politics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
    • CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Montréal, Canada
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  • Uicheul Yoon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • Samir Das

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montréal, Canada
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  • Oliver Lyttelton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • John Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • Rozie Arnaoutelis

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • Guy Rouleau

      Affiliations

    • CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Montréal, Canada
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  • Paul Sandor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada
    • Division of Brain Imaging & Behaviour Systems – Neuroscience Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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  • Kirk Frey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mental Health Research Institute, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, United States
    • Department of Neurology, Mental Health Research Institute, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, United States
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  • Catherine Brandner

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for the Experimental Research on Behaviour (LERB), Faculty of Social Sciences and Politics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Alan C. Evans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montréal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3081 University Street, Montréal, Quebec, H3A 2B4 Canada.

Received 25 February 2009 ,Revised 27 May 2009 ,Accepted 10 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.06.008

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