How Should We Interpret the Correlation Between Schizophrenia and Birth

question 77

Multiple Choice

 How should we interpret the correlation between schizophrenia and birth complications?

• A) Birth complications clearly cause schizophrenia in the mother.
• B) Birth complications clearly lead to the later development of schizophrenia in the child.
• C) Infants who will later develop schizophrenia are difficult to carry and deliver.
• D) Birth complications may trigger schizophrenia, or an infant who is vulnerable to schizophrenia may be difficult to carry and deliver, or both.

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Definitions:

Nucleotide

A molecule consisting of one or more phosphate groups, a 5-carbon sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), and a nitrogenous base (purine or pyrimidine).

ATP

See adenosine triphosphate.

Cysteine Residues

The amino acid units in proteins that contain a thiol group, often involved in the formation of disulfide bonds that stabilize protein structure.

Tertiary Structure

The three-dimensional shape of a protein molecule formed by bends and folds of its polypeptide chain.