Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter that researchers suspect might be involved in schizophrenia because __________.

A. it makes dopamine
B. it causes the ventricles to enlarge
C. it is missing in the brains of people with schizophrenia
D. alterations in glutamate levels can produce schizophrenic-like symptoms in normal subjects


Answer: D

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