Previous studies have shown that Alzheimer's patients who alsotake beta-blockers tend to see a slower decline in their mentalfunction.
           a) Why would overstimulation of AMPA receptors cause short-termmemory deficits?
           b) Alzheimer’s is associated with neuron death. Why wouldoverstimulation of AMPA receptors cause neurons to die?
           c) Previous studies had found that blocking the AMPA receptoralleviates the misfiring caused by amyloid plaques in the brain.Why wouldn’t it be a useful strategy to treat Alzheimer’s with AMPAreceptor antagonists?
           d) Why might heart-disease/blood pressure medication work to slowdown the decline of people with Alzheimer’s
