schizophrenia may be caused by a virus that attacks the hippocampus, a part of the brain that processes sense perceptions. Damage to the hippocampus would account for schizophrenic patients' vulnerability to sensory overload.
Another hypothesis suggests that schizophrenia may be caused by a virus that attacks the hippocampus.researchers are focusing on the possible role of the herpes simplex virus (HSV) in schizophrenia, as well as human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs).
Dopamine, a family history, poverty, and drug use are linked to the development of schizophrenia.
Bradley D Pearce has written: 'Can a virus cause schizophrenia?' -- subject(s): Etiology, Schizophrenia, Complications, Neurovirology, Virus diseases
Schizophrenia is not caused by a virus or bacteria--it does not and cannot "reproduce". Because it is not caused by a virus or bacteria, it is also not "contagious".
There is no evidence that abuse can cause paranoid schizophrenia.
Viruses during the second trimester may be a cause of schizophrenia.
No. There are some psychedelic drugs that can mimic schizophrenia, but there is no known external cause.
Although it was once thought that a bad childhood could cause schizophrenia, the current understanding of schizophrenia is of a primarily neurological disease.
We don't know enough about the origins of schizophrenia to be able to develop a vaccine for it. Also, vaccines only work on viruses, and though there is evidence that schizophrenia may be caused by viruses, schizophrenia itself is not a virus.
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Dopamine. Increase in dopemine is a possible cause for schizophrenia.
schizophrenia
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Yes, trauma can cause schizophrenia. There are plently of articles online, if you would like to know more about this.