SLITRK1 and Tourette syndrome: The first was reported by Abelson et al. [42], who identified two independent occurrences of the identical sequence variant in the binding site for the miRNA hsa-miR-189 (now termed miR-24*) in the 3'-UTR of the SLITRK1 mRNA in familial cases of Tourette's syndrome, a developmental neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by chronic vocal and motor tics.