Tourette syndrome: The life-changing device helping to stop tics
Summary
Researchers at the University of Nottingham developed a wrist device that delivers electrical pulses to the median nerve. Trials have shown the pulses can change activity in brain areas involved in controlling movement, and the report features 15-year-old Ollie, who began having involuntary neck movements nearly two years ago.Key Facts
- The device was developed by researchers at the University of Nottingham.
- It delivers electrical pulses to the median nerve at the wrist.
- Trials have shown the pulses can change activity in brain areas involved in movement control.
- Tourette syndrome is a neurodevelopmental condition whose symptoms usually begin in childhood.
- Ollie is 15 and lives in Cheshire.
- Ollie began making involuntary neck movements nearly two years ago.
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