The use of a computed tomography (CT) scanner to evaluate brain structure in individuals with schizophrenia during the 1970s found that lateral ventricles were:
a. larger in males with schizophrenia than in nonschizophrenic persons
b. the cause of schizophrenia in older adults after 65 years of age
c. larger in females with schizophrenia than in nonschizophrenic persons
d. the same in both males and females with schizophrenia and were of little importance
A
The computed tomography (CT) scanner was used to evaluate brain structure in individuals with schizophrenia. It found that the ventricles in males with schizophrenia were larger than those of nonschizophrenic males. No one knows if the ventricular enlargement is a cause or consequence of schizophrenia.
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