Tourette syndrome is a condition of the central nervous system that causes tics.
Tics are movements or sounds that are repeated over and over.
A person with Tourette syndrome has very little or no control over twitches, movements, or noises that he makes. Tourette syndrome gets its name from a French doctor named George Gilles de la Tourette, who was the first to fully describe the condition back in 1885. It is sometimes also known as Tourette's syndrome, Tourette disorder, or Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Myers , and Pensacola . Inc. All rights reserved.