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When people think of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, they think of someone getting “knocked out” or feeling “fuzzy” after getting hit in the head. Indeed, doctors use these very symptoms to diagnose a concussion. TRACTS research is challenging the idea that brain injury only...

Suicide is a significant concern for the U.S. Military and Veteran Administration, and understanding and trying to prevent suicide is a major priority. Drs. Melissa Amick and Beeta Homaifar have begun a new study through the TRACTS Center that is examining the relationship between suicidal thoughts...

We are interested in studying the effects that binge drinking, particularly at an early age of onset, has on alcohol consumption as well as brain structure and function throughout people's lives. The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defines binge drinking as consuming 5 or...

Citations Munshi M, Grande L, Hayes M, Ayres D, Suhl E, Capelson R, Lin S, Milberg W, Weinger K. Cognitive dysfunction is associated with poor diabetes control in older adults. Diabetes Care 2006;29(8); 1794-9.(PMC1615865) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16873782 Harrington MB, Kraft M, Grande LJ...

Our studies have shown a number of white matter changes within the brain that are associated with various factors of alcohol abuse. This sections on this page summarize a few of our findings. If you are interested in learning more, please take a look at the relevant publications.

Our lab has a very long history devoted to the investigation of the cognitive and neurologic effects of chronic alcoholism. We are one of a small number of laboratories in the field to apply the eyeblink classical conditioning associative learning paradigm, designed originally for animal research...

The Boston Attention and Learning Lab ( http://www.bu.edu/ballab ) at VA Boston uses behavioral measures, cognitive training, fMRI, and non-invasive bra in stimulation to investigate the ability to sustain attention and better understand why and how people get distracted. Additionally, we are...

Stroke and other silent cerebrovascular disease is highly prevalent in the African-American community. We are interested in examining how frontal lobe changes, due to cardiovascular risk, affect executive function, gait, and urinary bladder control. Our laboratory has tested a cohort of African...

The Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders (TRACTS) Center of Excellence at the VA Boston Healthcare System is a Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research & Development supported VA Center of Excellence committed to conducting the highest quality research aimed at...