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Brett S. Abrahams, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, UCLA Neurology Gonda Institute for Neuroscience & Genetics, Los Angeles, CA. Continued evaluation of NTNAP2/CASPR2 as a Tourette Syndrome candidate gene (2nd year)
Wayne J. Aldridge, Ph.D., Senior Associate Scientist, Jennifer Taylor Ph.D., Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI. Neural coding of motor sequences in the basal ganglia: effects of dopaminergic modulation
Joshua D. Berke, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Dynamics of Striatal Microcircuits during action selection and inhibition (Year 2)
Dorothy E. Grice, M.D. Director Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ. Functional evaluation of SLITRK1 mutations
Rolf H. Joho, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Center for Basic Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX. Kv3 potassium channels and TS
Ivana Kawikova, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Research Scientist, Department of Immunobiology, Alfred L. Bothwell, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Immunobiology and James F. Leckman, M.D. Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Psychology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. The role of the immune system in Tourette Syndrome
Antonieta Lavin, Ph.D. Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. Role of alpha-2 adrenoreceptors in modulating cortico-striatal activity
James F. Leckman, M.D., Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Psychology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.; Rodolfo R. Llinas, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, New York University, New York, NY.; Ralph E. Hoffman, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT.; Sarah H. Lisanby M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, Antonio Mantovani M.D., Post Doctoral Fellow, Columbia College of Phsyicains and Surgeons, New York ,NY Repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation for adults with severe Tourette Syndrome
Yoko Nagai, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Hugo Critchley M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Mary Robertson M.D., Professor, Joyce, Eileen Ph.D. Professor of Neuropsychiatry, University College London, London, UK. Biofeedback treatment for TS- preliminary randomized controlled study
Christopher Pittenger, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT. An animal model of Tourette Syndrome: targeted abalation of striatal fast spiking interneurons
Alberto Priori , M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neurological Science, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Guglielmo Foffani, Ph.D. School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
Mauro Porta, M.D., Professor, San Marco Hospital of Zingonia, Bergamo, Italy
Domenico Servello M.D., Hospital of Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
Neurophysiological recordings from the centromedian parafascicular nuclei in patients with Tourette Syndrome undergoing stereotactic neurosurgery for deep brain stimulation: pathophysiological characterization and target optimization
Guy A. Rouleau, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, Sylvain Chouinard, M.D., Yves Dion M.D., Francois Richer, M.D. Universite de Montreal, Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Canada. Identification and characterization of genes involved in TS
Schlaggar, Bradley, M.D. Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Functional connectivity of executive control networks in Tourette Syndrome
Harvey S. Singer, M.D., Professor of Pediatric Neurology, Kendra Harris, M.Sc. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Developing new treatments for Tourette Syndrome: Therapeutic trials with modulators of glutamatergic neurotransmision
Yoland Smith, Ph.D. Professor, Thomas Wichmann, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Thalamic regulation of basal ganglia circuitry Thalamostrialtal System: A potential target for surgical therapy in Tourette Syndrome (2nd Year)
Antonio P. Strafella, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Division of Neurology, Anthony Lang, M.D. Professor, Director, Division of Neurology, Paul Sandor M.D. Director of TS Neurodevelopmental Clinic; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Thomas Steeves, Clinical Fellow in Movement Disorders, Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital,Toronto, Canada. The dopamine hypothesis of TS re-evaluated: A comprehensive assessment of dopaminergic function using the novel positron emission tomography ligands (11C)-FLB 457 and (11C)-(+)-PHNO
Woods, Douglas W., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology, Clinical Psychology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. Acquisition of stimulus control over tic suppression: Testing the neurobehavioral model
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