The brains of persons with schizophrenia are usually smaller than normal, indicating that they have fewer neurons.Thus, according to Toro and Deakin, schizophrenia may result from
A) numerous small strokes damaging the brain regions associated with the development of schizophrenia.
B) a deterioration of the myelin sheaths throughout the brain tissue.
C) the inability of the schizophrenic brain to continually create new neurons to replace old ones that have died.
D) a lack of acetylcholine, which cause numerous neurons to rapidly die.

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The fact that the brains of persons with schizophrenia are smaller and have fewer neurons suggests that the schizophrenic brain is unable to continually produce new neurons to replace the old ones that have died. This supports option C as the correct choice. Options A, B, and D are not supported by current research on the causes of schizophrenia.

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