NEUROLOGY
PARKINSON S DISEASE
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Question
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Schizophrenia is linked with which neurotransmitter?
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Cortisol
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GABBA
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Serotonin
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Dopamine
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Dopamine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter involved in the pathology of schizophrenia. The revised dopamine hypothesis states that dopamine abnormalities in the mesolimbic and prefrontal brain regions exist in schizophrenia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Compared with healthy subjects, schizophrenic patients may also have increased levels of serotonin and decreased levels of norepinephrine in the brain. Conventional antipsychotic drugs nonselectively block dopamine D2 receptors throughout the central nervous system.
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