PSYC 1F90 Chapter 10: Sacks Ch. 10 Witty Ticcy Ray

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1885 gilles de la tourette, described tourette"s syndrome. 1969 gave sleepy-sickness/ post-encephalitic patients l-dopa, precursor of dopamine. Awakened from stupor and driven to show tourette like syndromes. Met patient ray and after seemed to be able to easily spot people showing tourette symptoms. Missing link between body and mind, chorea and mania. Seem to have excess of exciter transmitters in the brain, especially dopamine. Ray was 24 when he met him, having troubles with keeping work and keeping his marriage above water because of his tourette tics. Found he was very good at physical things involving swift reflex"s such as ping-pong. Found that administered haldol made him almost tic-free. Week later found that he was opposite now, lost his balance of his swift movements or found that he was interrupted mid tic and left in awkward posture. Seemed so sensitive that there was no happy medium.

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