These random items depict confusion, a main symptom of Alzheimer’s disease, which destroys memory and other important mental functions. At West Virginia University, Bernard Schreurs is leading a team that will study new ways to prevent or treat memory-related diseases with the aid of $6.3 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health. (WVU Illustration/Aira Burkhart)
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Remembering Too Much or Not Enough: NIH Funds WVU Research Into Alzheimer’s Disease, PTSD

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Erasing cherished memories isn’t the only way a person’s mind can sabotage happiness. The mind can accomplish the same feat by printing the most painful memories in indelible ink.

Bernard Schreurs, a researcher with the West Virginia University School of Medicine and Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, is studying the mechanisms behind Alzheimer’s disease and PTSD. What he and his colleagues . . .