A drug company decides to devote its entire research budget to studying how to make changes to the N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor. Representatives from the company believe that if a drug only makes changes to this one receptor it can effectively treat Alzheimer's disease. Is this argument valid based on what researchers currently know about memory?
A. Yes, because animal researchers have shown that modifying this receptor can boost memory formation.
B. Yes, because across neurotransmitters glutamate is the most essential for information processing.
C. No, because memory is a multi-stage process and targeting a single receptor type ignores the complexity of the process.
D. No, because glutamate is implicated in memory formation and Alzheimer's disease only affects memory retrieval.
Answer: C
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