Can TS be diagnosed because of differences seen in the anatomy of the brains of people with TS?
The short answer is ‘no, not at this time.’ However, the TSA continues to support some very promising studies in both neuroimaging and in brain pathology. These may be the fields of study most likely to provide us with information that can lead to a way to cinfirm TS diagnoses. While there are some intriguing data coming from these investigations, we do not as yet have resultat that are definitive enough to serve as a reliable diagnostic tool. In fact, currently there is no specific biological test of any kind that can diagnose TS with assurance – even when we look to genetics and DNA analysis for answers. Disorders such as TS, which have symptoms that are both neurological and behavioral, are highly complex. Scientists agree that to uncover the basic causes of these conditions, we need to be able to pinpoint several genes, all of which contribute to causing the conditions in question.
