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Ronald E. Dahl, MD; Jan Bernhisel-Broadbent, MD; Sheila Scanlon-Holdford, RN; Hugh A. Sampson, MD
Mark Lupo Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 3811 O'Hara St, Room E733 Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1996;150(3):329-330.

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Dr Friedman offers some interesting neurobiologic speculations regarding some of the findings in our recently published study¹ and suggests potential links to particular neurobehavioral systems. Specifically, the possibility of monitoring speech hesitation and switching pauses may represent an intriguing approach to examine a potential mechanism (at a level of specific neurochemical alteration). Further, some of the neurobehavioral systems described are a focus of interest within one of the research programs conducted at the University of Pittsburgh, Pa, actively investigating serotonergically mediated inhibition of dopamine in a study examining prolactin response to a serotonergic agonist in depressed children and normal controls.^2,3 We are also exploring the possibility that some sleep and mood changes relevant to affective disorders may be mediated by changes in frontal-striatal activation, as reflected by electroencephalographic frontal activity asymmetries.^4,5 However, it appears less clear to our interpretation whether the increased right frontal activity is a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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