Table 1.
Demographic and clinical features of the patients
| Patient number | Age at onset | Age at implant | Symptoms at onset | OCD | HAM‐A baseline |
HAM‐D baseline |
RVRS baseline | YGTSS Motor baseline | YGTSS Vocal baseline | Baseline medication | Medication after Cortical Stimulation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 14 | 43 | Motor tics: head, shoulder and arms Phonic Tic: Developed Later |
None | 15 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 9 | Pimozide, tetrabenazine, sulpiride, aripiprazole | None |
| P2 | 7 | 35 | Motor tics: limbs Phonic Tic: none |
None | 16 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 13 | Clonidine, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone | Quetiapine, fluvoxamina |
| P3 | 8 | 23 | Motor tics: head, shoulders, right limbs Phonic Tic: none |
None | 21 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 11 | Prazepam, pimozide, trihexyphenidyl, sulpiride, aripiprazole, haloperidol | Haloperidol |
| P4 | 8 | 37 | Motor tics: limbs Phonic Tic: none |
None | 22 | 15 | 14 | 25 | 12 | Haloperidol, pimozide, clonidine, paroxetine, sertraline, tetrabenazine | Quetiapine, Valproic acid |
Abbreviations: OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder according to DSMIV‐TR); HAM‐A, Hamilton scale for anxiety; HAM‐D, Hamilton scale for depression.