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How Are the Brains of Individuals Who Have Schizophrenia Different

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How are the brains of individuals who have schizophrenia different from the brains of individuals who do not have schizophrenia?


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Meiosis

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, resulting in four haploid cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell, essential for sexual reproduction.

Phenylketonuria

A genetic disorder characterized by the body's inability to break down the amino acid phenylalanine, leading to harmful accumulations.

Phenylalanine

An essential amino acid that is a building block of proteins, not synthesized by the human body, and thus must be obtained from the diet.

Tay-Sachs Disease

A serious genetic disease in which abnormal lipid metabolism in the brain causes mental deterioration in affected infants and young children; inheritance pattern is autosomal recessive.

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