Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder; therefore it affects the nervous system. The nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, nerve cells, and fibers that extend throughout the body. When healthy, the nervous system reacts and responds to nerve impulses that allows us to maintain homeostasis. The nervous system can be broken down further into its three basic functions: sensory functions, integrative functions, and motor functions.

In sensory functions, your body's sensory receptors detect many different stimuli in and outside of your body. For example, your sensory receptors may detect a change in your blood temperature, or a change outside

What I have explained is only applicable to a natural, healthy nervous system. As I said before, tourettes syndrome is a disease which attacks one's nervous system and the affects can be incredibly detrimental.

of your body such as a touch on the arm. Your body then goes through a process know as its integrative function. This is when your nervous system processes information sent via your sensory neurons and in a way "makes decisions" regarding appropriate responses. When all is said and done during this process a decision is made and sent through interneurons that act as a postman and deliver the decision to the motor function part of your nervous system. The motor function involves responding to the decision delivered by the interneurons by using efferent neurons that obtain the decision and send it to the effector to finally carry out the response. An effector can be anything in your body such a muscle fiber or cell glands that can carry out the response. A good example of an effector is your sweat glands. Do keep in mind that this complicated process takes place in thousandths of a second.

Tourette syndrome is a disease that may not be deadly, but it has very damaging affects on one's personality. So if you know someone or see someone with this disease, treat them as if they were a normal human being that didn't have tourettes. Also, remember that tourretes is a disease that does not affect one's intelligence. So don't be afraid of tourettes, just try to understand it.

In the early 1960's scientists discovered that people with tourettes syndrome can calm their tics by taking medication containing haloperidol. As scientists studied this drug more they found out that the drug suppressed the tics by blocking the receiving areas on cells or receptors where the chemical dopamine usually passes on messages. Focusing more on the chemical dopamine, it was an astounding discovery when dopamine-stimulating drugs given to tourette syndrome victims caused the triggering of their involuntary tics.

This process is easier to understand by taking a c

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