Question 1

which part of the brain does schizophrenia affect?

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Multiple areas: In schizophrenia there are multiple areas affected such as marked reductions in gray matter, decreased brain volume and activity in patients.  Other structural changes include larger ventricles and basal nuclei.  Please see the image  provided which provides a good overview of all areas involved.

Question 2

is the brain related to schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

Brain changes: In schizophrenia there are multiple areas affected in the brain such as marked reductions in gray matter, decreased brain volume and activity in patients.  Other structural changes include larger ventricles and basal nuclei.  Please see the image  provided which provides a good overview of all areas involved.

Question 3

how does schizophrenia affect certain sections of the brain?

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Multiple areas: In schizophrenia there are multiple areas affected such as marked reductions in gray matter, decreased brain volume and activity in patients.  Other structural changes include larger ventricles and basal nuclei.  Please see the image  provided which provides a good overview of all areas involved.

Question 4

can you please tell me how schizophrenia and human brain differ?

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Brain changes: In schizophrenia there are multiple areas affected in the brain such as marked reductions in gray matter, decreased brain volume and activity in patients.  Other structural changes include larger ventricles and basal nuclei.  Please see the image  provided which provides a good overview of all areas involved.

Question 5

can the brain of schizophrenia be oversmart than the normal brain??

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Yes: http://www.journalofpsychiatricresearch.com/article/S0022-3956(04)00069-X/abstract?cc=y=
Check out this link. Although as a rule schizophrenics are typically mentally slower. However, there is a subset that have high intellect.

Question 6

if one were to consistently watch dark/scary contact that their brain didnt react properly to, does your chance of contacting schizophrenia increase?

Accepted Answer

No, schizophrenia : has a genetic+ environmental basis. You can't "catch it".You have to be born with the genetic set-up for it, then environmental factors play a role in triggering symptoms.

Question 7

is schizophrenia in teens  damaging for they brain?

Accepted Answer

Possible: The different lobes of affected brains were examined and compared to those of normal brains, showing several structural differences. The most common finding was the enlargement of the lateral ventricles, which are the fluid-filled sacs that surround the brain. The other differences, however, are not nearly as universal, though they are significant.

Question 8

is schizophrenia a brain disease?

Accepted Answer

Yes : Schizophrenia's full cause and mechanisms are completely well known, but schizophrenia is a disorder of certain parts of the brain requiring treatments that target those parts.

Question 9

if a medicatition for schz passes the brain blood barrier it will cure schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

No cure yet.: At this point there is not a cure for schizophrenia - but there are  very beneficial treatments.

Question 10

what symptoms are different in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder? is one a disease of the brain, other disorder?

Accepted Answer

Both brain disease: Both of these illnesses are "brain diseases, " and both have psychotic symptoms such as delusions, paranoia, hallucinations, thought disorder, etc.  Schizoaffective patients also have mood dysregulation, but pure schizophrenics don't.  Treatment for schizophrenia may be antipsychotics alone; schizoaffective people also need mood stabilizing agents. They may deal with mania & depression, + psychosis.

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