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Post a new topicby contentuser on Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:00 pm

Schizophrenia Causes

What causes schizophrenia is essentially unknown. Several risk factors seem to prefigure it, the most notable of which are genetics and brain structure. And a combination of these is probably most influential. In addition to these, schizophrenia occurs with changes in brain chemistry, specifically, excessive levels of dopamine. Also, significant changes in the activation of the brain's frontal and parietal lobes have been associated with schizophrenia.


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