Neurological Basis in Schizophrenia
Prathham Arora *
Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Kaushlendra Mani Tripathi
Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The aim of the article is to investigate the neurocognitive basis of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic disorders in which personal, social, occupational functioning of the individual deteriorate. Schizophrenia is characterized by having Positive, Negative and Psychomotor symptoms. The previously known casual factors include Hormone Imbalances, Physical Deprivation, Pregnancy or delivery complications, Psychological Stress, Faulty Learning patterns etc. The research was undertaken as a secondary research measure wherein 15 published research articles were reviewed to understand and analyse the various precipitating and neurological basis that may lead to schizophrenia. In order to investigate the various causal factors, a variety of neuroimaging techniques including EEG, fMRI, MRI, Post-mortem analysis were undertaken. The findings revealed that various sub-domains including Prenatal, Genetics generally provide the huge understanding that the disorder will be developed.
Keywords: Schizophrenia, secondary research, neuroimaging techniques, positive and negative symptoms