A Possible Biological Reason Why Most Schizophrenics First Have a Full-Blown

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Multiple Choice

A possible biological reason why most schizophrenics first have a full-blown schizophrenic episode in adolescence or early adulthood is that

• A)schizophrenic brains prune away too many synapses during adolescence.
• B)schizophrenic brains wait too long to begin pruning away excess synapses that should have been removed during infancy.
• C)schizophrenic brains prune away too few synapses during adolescence.
• D)normal brains prune away synapses during adolescence,but schizophrenic brains create even more synapses instead.

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