1. This article talks about what happens to the body and brain of individuals with schizophrenia. The author of the article talks about the causes and the research that has been done regarding schizophrenia. The researchers had come up with four hypotheses behind the causes of the disorder. The first one is the Dopamine Hypothesis, which means that there is over activity of dopamine neurotransmitters in the cortical and limbic areas which may cause the disorder. The second suspected reason is the NMDA receptor hypothesis. The hypothesis states that certain drugs such as ketamine or phencyclidine may enable the memory process to work properly which causes schizophrenia. The third hypothesis is the Single Carbon Hypothesis. Researchers have found that disturbances of the single-carbon folate pathway cause the horrible disorder. Studies have shown that methionine metabolism is impaired in most schizophrenic persons. The last hypothesis is the membrane hypothesis. Studies have showed that a deficit in the level of highly unsaturated fatty acids is associated with schizophrenia and disturbances of membrane structures affect neuron transmit messages.
             2. Three key points that I have found throughout the article are that first of all, researchers do not know exactly what causes schizophrenia but the research is still being done and is very extensive. Secondly, researchers believe that schizophrenia is caused by behavioral and stress related events; recent studies show that biochemical abnormalities more likely cause the disease. Lastly, and most recently schizophrenia may result from an impairment in the ability of D4 dopamine receptors to modulate NMDA receptors at nerve synapses, which in turn causes abnormal attention and cognitive abilities in men and women.
             3. The reason I chose to read the article about schizophrenia was to learn more about the disorder and to gain knowledge of what research has been conducted to see how...