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Schizophrenia is most closely linked with an oversupply of the neurotransmitter. True or False

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Answer: true

Explanation: the neurotransmitter; dopamine has been implicated as one of the causes of schizophrenia.

The theory known as the dopamine hypothesis suggests that schizophrenia may be caused by excessive activity of the dopamine a dependent neurons in the brain.

This excess activity may be due to increased production or release of the substance at nerve terminals, increased receptor sensitivity, too many dopamine receptors, or a combination of these mechanism

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