UR Medicine / Neurology / Our Divisions / Child Neurology / Pediatric Movement Disorders / Research Research Tic Disorders/Tourette: Tic Disorders are some of the most common movement disorders of childhood. Our team of experts has a long history of leading research in tic disorders. Batten Diseases (Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses) Batten disease is a fatal, inherited disorder of the nervous system that typically begins in childhood. The University of Rochester Batten Center developed a disease-specific clinical rating scale and has been a leader in Batten natural history research and Batten clinical trials. Dystonia