Tourette’s starts in the brain
What if I told you that Tourette’s doesn’t begin with the tic you can see, but with an invisible electrical signal deep inside the brain?
For decades, many people believed Tourette’s was simply a bad habit, a lack of self-control, or something that could be stopped with enough willpower. Science tells us a very different story.
In this episode, we’ll explore what actually happens inside the brain of someone with Tourette’s syndrome. We’ll look at the role of the basal ganglia, dopamine, and the mysterious urge that appears just before a tic. We’ll also discover why resisting a tic can feel as impossible as holding back a sneeze, why some people experience “thought tics,” and why no two cases of Tourette’s are ever exactly the same.
Understanding the brain is the first step towards understanding Tourette’s itself.
So, let’s start where it all begins… inside the brain.
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