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What is glutamate?

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Card 7

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What activities does dopamine play a key role in?

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Card 8

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The original dopamine hypothesis thought schizophrenics had abnormally high levels of what?

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Card 9

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Hyperdopaminergia: This refers to higher than usual levels of dopamine in the subcortex (central areas of the brain). This is linked with positive symptoms such as hallucinations. There may be a higher number of dopamine receptors, causing over-activity o

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