Publications by authors named "Peggy Pazzaglia"
Background: In patients with depression, treatment with nimodipine has been shown to increase cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) somatostatin (SRIF) and ameliorate baseline global cerebral hypometabolism. This study was conducted to assess whether a low baseline level of CSF SRIF was associated with response to nimodipine treatment.
Methods: Twenty-one depressed patients underwent lumbar puncture for analysis of CSF somatostatin-like immunoreactivity (SRIF-LI) during a medication-free period and after at least 6 weeks of nimodipine monotherapy.
Background: Impulsivity is prominent in bipolar disorder, but there is little quantitative information relating it to phase of illness.
Methods: We measured impulsivity in patients with bipolar disorder who had not met episode criteria for at least 6 months, patients who were manic, and healthy control subjects. Impulsivity was measured using the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS) and performance on the computerized Immediate Memory-Remote Memory Task (IMT-DMT), based on the Continuous Performance Test, which has been shown to reflect risk of impulsivity in other populations.