Application of Neurofeedback on Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome

Abstract

Tourette’s syndrome is a neurological disorder which comprises of vocal and motor tics and adversely affect a patient’s quality of life. It has no known cure. Neurofeedback is a process in which patients are able to see data from their brain and respectively manipulate their actions to achieve the desired output. As success has been shown in using neurofeedback to manage symptoms of other neurological disorders, we chose to conduct research, outlined in this review, on its application in Tourette’s. Using MATLAB, we created a neurofeedback system that chose data from certain electrodes in the patient’s brain, filtered it and displayed it back to the patient in a comprehensible and visually appealing manner. We hope that this will provide a basis for clinicians to adopt this treatment in a widespread manner to help increase the quality of life in patients with Tourette’s.