hi vestel [is that correct? that's a new name to me] you wrote: >As applied to PWP's? The implication isobvious. Has >anyone done testing ion PWP's for high levels of this hormone? my answers to your questions are: i don't know and: i don't know i have always been curious aka nosey but since pd knocked on my door i have found myself getting curiouser and curiouser about our brains and how they work particularly in re bio-chemistry and hormones so i tend towards any articles involving brain function and chemistry aside from posting these articles to share with my cyber-family my second reason for posting them is to get them into the pd list archives in order that they may contribute to a searcher's 'aha!' sometime in the future your cyber-sib janet a new voice: http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm 51/10 - almonte/ontario/canada - [log in to unmask] janet paterson