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The brain's chemical messengers. Certain chemicals called neurotransmitters make it possible for a nerve impulse to travel from the axon of one neuron to the dendrite of another.

Researchers have not yet found out the role dopamine plays in schizophrenia. Some believed that a surplus of dopamine was the cause; others believed that schizophrenia was caused by an insufficient supply of monoamine oxidase, an enzyme which breaks down dopamine, thereby accumulating amount of dopamine in the brain.