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vicotolentino

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Ron and Jon are identical twins, but only Jon shows the symptoms of schizophrenia. Brain imaging techniques are most likely to show that Jon has ____.
 
  a. more brain tissue than Ron
 b. smaller than normal ventricles
 c. a higher level of cerebral glucose metabolism during cognitive tasks than Ron
  d. ventricle enlargement

Question 2

Which characteristic of the brain is typically associated with schizophrenia?
 
  a. increased cerebral volume
 b. ventricular enlargement
 c. larger cortical structures
 d. increase in the size of the thalamus


kthug

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b


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