What happens to the brain in schizophrenia?
The schizophrenic brain is not normal. Many patients have enlarged cerebral ventricles, which are the fluid-filled spaces in the brain. Others may have structural abnormalities in the temporal lobes and metabolic abnormalities in the frontal and temporal lobes. All these features suggest that, in the schizophrenic brain, connections between brain parts are not normal and these dysfunctional connections lead to the symptoms of the disease.
