The Brains of Persons with Schizophrenia Are Usually Smaller Than

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Multiple Choice

The brains of persons with schizophrenia are usually smaller than normal, indicating that they have fewer neurons.Thus, according to Toro and Deakin, schizophrenia may result from

• A) numerous small strokes damaging the brain regions associated with the development of schizophrenia.
• B) a deterioration of the myelin sheaths throughout the brain tissue.
• C) the inability of the schizophrenic brain to continually create new neurons to replace old ones that have died.
• D) a lack of acetylcholine, which cause numerous neurons to rapidly die.

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