Antibodies to strep throat bacteria linked to obsessive compulsive disorder in mice
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 10:42
in Health & Medicine
August 11, 2009, New York, NY -- A new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health's Center for Infection and Immunity indicates that pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette syndrome and/or tic disorder may develop from an inappropriate immune response to the bacteria causing common throat infections.