will use positron emission tomography (PET) to examine the role of the chemical messenger dopamine in stuttering. It will measure and compare the number of dopamine receptors and the amount of dopamine released in the brains of stutterers with that of normal volunteers. The results may provide information about how drugs that block dopamine's effect might work to enable fluent speech.Jerry Maguire is quite interested in this area of research since his involvement in a similar experiment in 1997.
I am just concerned because the starting date is 2001. Did it take ten years? And I never heard about it? Maybe the study never materialized. Would be great if someone could check or replicate Jerry's work.
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FYI - Lowering my dopamine levels made me stutter much worse. I have tried Pagaclone and Zyprexa. Not all PWS are part of this subtype.
@ig88sir: Stuttering could also be due to a imbalance in dopamine. For some it's too high, for others it's too low.
My stutter goes from severe to very mild when I take Ritalin. Ritalin is said to raise dopamine levels so Tom's last comment makes sense. I am told to take a pill every four hours for ADD. I don't don't have any problems remembering because after about four hours my stuttering returns if force.
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