An idiot savant calendrical calculator with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: implications for an understanding of the savant syndrome

SynopsisWe describe the existence of the savant syndrome in association with Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome (GTS). The presentation of savant abilities is typical of that previously described. Similarities between autism, the disorder most characteristically associated with savants, and GTS in terms of obsessionality are noted. Previously reported psychological studies of autistic savants are briefly reviewed and, together with evidence from neuroimaging in GTS, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and autism, used to support a model of the underpinnings of savant skills.

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The genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette’s syndrome: What are the common factors?

Current Psychiatry Reports ◽

10.1007/s11920-009-0025-x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 162-166 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Marco A. Grados

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Common Factors ◽

Tourette's Syndrome ◽

Tourette’S Syndrome ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

The Common

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Association Between Streptococcal Infection and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome, and Tic Disorder

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.2004-2058 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 116 (1) ◽

pp. 56-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 138

Author(s):

L. K. Mell

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Streptococcal Infection ◽

Tourette's Syndrome ◽

Tourette’S Syndrome ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Tic Disorder ◽

Compulsive Disorder

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Cerebrospinal Fluid Biogenic Amines in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome, and Healthy Controls

Neuropsychopharmacology ◽

10.1016/0893-133x(94)00070-g ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 73-86 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

J Leckman

Keyword(s):

Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽

Biogenic Amines ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Tourette's Syndrome ◽

Tourette’S Syndrome ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder

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Emergence of Symptoms of Tourette's Syndrome during Fluvoxamine Treatment of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.164.6.839 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 164 (6) ◽

pp. 839-841 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

S. Fennig ◽

S. Naisberg Fennig ◽

M. Pato ◽

A. Weitzman

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Tourette's Syndrome ◽

Tourette’S Syndrome ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder

A 14-year-old boy with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) developed, under fluvoxamine treatment, acute symptoms of Tourette's syndrome (TS) with aggravation of the OCD. The TS symptoms did not respond to dopamine blockers and disappeared only after withdrawal of fluvoxamine. Readministration of fluvoxamine caused a re-emergence of the same symptoms.

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The occurrence, identification and treatment of convergence failure in children with dyslexia, dyspraxia, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactive disorder (AD/HD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's syndrome

Clinical Chiropractic ◽

10.1016/j.clch.2008.10.006 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 130-137 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Robin Pauc

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Attention Deficit ◽

Attention Deficit Disorder ◽

Tourette's Syndrome ◽

Tourette’S Syndrome ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder ◽

Compulsive Disorder

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome, and Basal Ganglia Pathology on MRI

Journal of Neuropsychiatry ◽

10.1176/jnp.10.1.116 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 116-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Philip R. Saba ◽

Khurshed Dastur ◽

M. Reza Raji ◽

Matcheri S. Keshavan ◽

M. Ammar Katerji

Keyword(s):

Basal Ganglia ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Tourette's Syndrome ◽

Tourette’S Syndrome ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder

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An open-label trial of fluoxetine for obsessive-compulsive disorder in Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome

Neurology ◽

10.1212/wnl.41.6.872 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 41 (6) ◽

pp. 872-872 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

P. G. Como ◽

R. Kurlan

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Tourette's Syndrome ◽

Tourette’S Syndrome ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Open Label ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Open Label Trial

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette’s syndrome

Current Treatment Options in Neurology ◽

10.1007/s11940-000-0014-1 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 125-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Randall D. Buzan ◽

Jay H. Shore ◽

Christopher O’Brien ◽

Christopher Schneck

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Tourette's Syndrome ◽

Tourette’S Syndrome ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder

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Bilateral deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens for comorbid obsessive compulsive disorder and Tourette's syndrome

BMJ Case Reports ◽

10.1136/bcr-2012-006579 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 (sep12 2) ◽

pp. bcr2012006579-bcr2012006579 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

P. S. Sachdev ◽

E. Cannon ◽

T. J. Coyne ◽

P. Silburn

Keyword(s):

Deep Brain Stimulation ◽

Nucleus Accumbens ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Brain Stimulation ◽

Tourette's Syndrome ◽

Tourette’S Syndrome ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Deep Brain ◽

Stimulation Of

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Hereditary Agoraphobia and Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviour in Relatives of Patients with Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.151.2.195 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 151 (2) ◽

pp. 195-199 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

D. E. Comings ◽

B. G. Comings

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Panic Attacks ◽

Tourette's Syndrome ◽

Tourette’S Syndrome ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Genetic Subtypes ◽

Compulsive Behaviour ◽

Motor Tics ◽

Vocal Tics

We present 11 pedigrees in which a propositus with Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome had first or second-degree relatives with obsessive-compulsive behaviour or agoraphobia with panic attacks, but only partially expressed the TS gene (i.e. had only motor tics or vocal tics, or neither). Of 90 females over the age of 18 presenting with TS, or with motor or vocal tics alone, nine had severe agoraphobia with panic attacks. There may be genetic subtypes of both obsessive-compulsive disorder and agoraphobia with panic attacks that are due to partial expression of the TS gene.

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