Cellular Basis of Behavioural Illnesses

Question 1

When does schizophrenia arise in most people?

Answer 1

Late adolescent and early childhood

Question 1

What abnormality occurs in the brain growth in autism?

Answer 1

Overgrowth of the brain in children

Question 3

What is catatonia characteristed by?

Answer 3

Motor immobility - catalepsy or supsor

Excessive motor purposeless activity

Extreme negativism

Question 4

What type of diagnosis is epilepsy?

Answer 4

Clinical only

Question 5

What occurs at the synapse in schizophrenia?

Answer 5

There is probably a problem with formation or pruning of synapses

Question 5

What happens to glia in schizophrenia?

Answer 5

Their density is decreased

Question 7

What happens to the connections between the thalamus and cortex in schizophrenia?

Answer 7

Their number is decreased

Question 8

What are developmental risk factors for schizophrenia?

Answer 8

Genetic/epigenetic risk

Perinatal risk (eg hypoxia during birth)

Prenatal birth (eg starvation)