In recent decades, disturbances in glutamate circuits have been implicated as a contributing factor in

A) Parkinson's disease.
B) drug cravings.
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
D) schizophrenic disorders.

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Sarra Barker · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Disturbances in glutamate circuits have been linked to schizophrenia, specifically hypofunction of the NMDA receptor. This is based on evidence from animal models, postmortem studies, and neuroimaging studies suggesting that the glutamatergic system is disrupted in schizophrenia. A glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenia proposes that reductions in glutamate transmission lead to reduced activity in cortical and subcortical regions, which may contribute to the positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms of the disorder.

In recent decades, disturbances in glutamate circuits have been implicated as a contributing factor in

A) Parkinson's disease.
B) drug cravings.
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
D) schizophrenic disorders.

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In recent decades, disturbances in glutamate circuits have been implicated as a contributing factor inA) Parkinson's disease.B) drug cravings.C) obsessive-compulsive disorder.D) schizophrenic disorders.

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In recent decades, disturbances in glutamate circuits have been implicated as a contributing factor in

A) Parkinson's disease.
B) drug cravings.
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
D) schizophrenic disorders.