Question

Teens typically experience a burst of cortical gray matter growth at puberty followed by a wave of gray matter loss extending into their early twenties. teens diagnosed with schizophrenia experience ____.​

a. ​loss of abnormally low levels of gray matter
b. ​loss of gray matter that progresses like a drip through midlife
c. ​loss of gray matter that spreads in waves into their early twenties
d. ​no loss of gray matter

Answer 1

The answer is c. loss of gray matter that spreads in waves into their early twenties.

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that affects a person’s behavior, thinking and emotion. It may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that affects daily functioning. It can often be a lifelong struggle. Schizophrenia commonly strikes between the ages of 16 and 30, and males tend to show symptoms at a slightly younger age than females.