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 discover—on the behavioral, anatomical . . .

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