Which of the following best describes the dopamine hypothesis as an explanation for schizophrenia?
It suggests schizophrenia is due to a uniform underactivity of dopamine across all regions of the brain.
It suggests symptoms of schizophrenia are linked to abnormal levels of dopamine activity in specific areas of the brain.
It suggests that schizophrenia is caused by a complete failure of the brain to synthesize dopamine from its precursor L-dopa.
It suggests that dopamine acts exclusively as an inhibitory neurotransmitter to block auditory processing in the thalamus.
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