From Cells to Circuits: New Mechanistic Insights From Striatal Interneurons and Microglia Into the Neurobiology of Tourette Syndrome.

Biol Psychiatry

Movement Investigation and Therapeutics Team, Paris Brain Institute, Sorbonne University, Hopital Pitié-Salpetriere, Paris, France; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, APHP Sorbonne University, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, France. Electronic address:

Published: August 2025


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