Using Brain-Imaging Techniques,Staal and Colleagues (2000)found That Both People with Schizophrenia

question 14

Multiple Choice

Using brain-imaging techniques,Staal and colleagues (2000) found that both people with schizophrenia and their otherwise-unaffected siblings had enlargement of the third ventricle as compared with healthy volunteers.What does this finding suggest?

• A) Schizophrenia causes enlargement of the third ventricle.
• B) Enlargement of the third ventricle causes schizophrenia in only 50 percent of first-degree relatives.
• C) An enlarged third ventricle causes schizophrenia.
• D) An enlarged third ventricle may be related to susceptibility to schizophrenia.

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