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Question 2 2 pts When treating patients with schizophrenia with antipsychotic medication, sometimes extrapyramidal motor symptoms and tardive dyskinesia result. Which dopamine pathway is unintentionally blocked to cause these unpleasant motor side effects? Nigrostriatal (Substantia nigra to basal ganglia) Tuberohypophyseal (Hypothalamus to pituitary gland) O Mesolimbic (VTA to nucleus accumbens) Mesocortical (VTA to prefrontal cortex) Question 3 2 pts In a longitudinal study, it was found that adults diagnosed with schizophrenia were MOST LIKELY to experience decreased loss of gray matter during adolescence than healthy adults decreased loss of white matter during adolescence than healthy adults O increased loss of white matter during adolescence than healthy adults increased loss of gray matter during adolescence than healthy adults

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1. Nigrostriatal. This is the pathway that is right now known to be involved in the development of tardive dyskinesia. This is usually caused by the use of neuro psychiatric drugs that are generally used to treat disorders such as schizophrenia.

2. Increased loss of grey matter. It has been found out that people who suffer from schizophrenia or have Predisposition to develop it show a lack of grey matter, as compared to individuals who are healthy and less probability of developing schizophrenia.