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synaptic pruning hypothesis of schizophrenia: a standalone construct

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Biological psychiatry

the proposal that schizophrenia stems from a fault in the programmed elimination of synapses during adolescence.

In biological psychiatry, synaptic pruning hypothesis of schizophrenia refers to the proposal that schizophrenia stems from a fault in the programmed elimination of synapses during adolescence. This meaning comes from Feinberg (1982) in Journal of Psychiatric Research.[1]

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  1. Feinberg, I. (1982). Schizophrenia: Caused by a fault in programmed synaptic elimination during adolescence? Journal of Psychiatric Research, 17(4), 319-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3956(82)90038-3

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