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• There are more than two million people in America who are suffering from schizophrenia.
• Individuals who have overactive C4-A which is a protein produced by the variant of a gene called C4, are at a higher risk for being diagnosed with schizophrenia.
• C4-A could result in the pruning process being interrupted or not functioning properly. This goes back to indicate that the pruning process is crucial, in determining where an individual stands in possibly being diagnosed with schizophrenia.
• Those who have schizophrenia have a thinner prefrontal layer.
• Young people who show early signs of schizophrenia are at a higher risk for fully developing schizophrenia. Signs would include slight memory loss or even hearing voices in your head.
• Scientists have thought of developing a drug in which would regulate the synaptic pruning process, but anything that would disrupt the system is very