Tourette’s syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized primarily by motor tics probably due to dysfunctions of the cortico-striato-thalamic-cortical loop (CSTC) but the underlying molecular reason why tic occur is not yet known. In this study, a dedicated optimized STEAM sequence with single-shot phase and frequency correction, and image-based shimming was applied to uncover the metabolic “signature” of a tic using in vivo 1H-MRS at 11.7T. Despite a clear ticking phenotype observed in our animal model, the unaltered striatal neurochemical profile suggest questions on the role of the striatum within the supposed dysfunctional cortical-striatal-thalamic-cortico circuitry in TS.
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