Excessive Amounts of Dopamine in the Brain Have Been Proposed

question 309

Multiple Choice

Excessive amounts of dopamine in the brain have been proposed as a cause of __________.

• A) schizophrenia
• B) manic depression
• C) antisocial personality
• D) paraphilia

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Definitions:

Malnutrition

A condition that results from eating a diet which does not supply a healthy amount of one or more nutrients or provides too much of a nutrient.

Brain

The organ located in the head of an organism that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body.

Head-sparing

A concept in pediatric development referring to the body's prioritization of nourishing the brain over other organs during periods of malnutrition.

Co-sleeping

The practice where babies and young children sleep close to one or both parents, rather than in a separate room.