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Cerebrovascular Risk, Aging, and Their Effects on the Brain Changes in memory, thinking, and organizational skills occur in the course of normal aging, but can sometimes indicate an underlying disease. These changes in thinking ability can occur as a result of medical conditions (such as high blood...

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One project in TRACTS is looking at how experiences during childhood might influence how service members react to stress later in life. Studies have shown that people’s reactions to stress are in part due to how much stress and psychological trauma they were exposed to when they were children. Using...

Vocational counseling remains an integral part of our TRACTS Center of Excellence. As always, our aim is to help ease the transition of service members from the military to the civilian workforce. We hope to provide practical assistance to service members in the following areas: Writing an effective...

The BRAVE trial is a Department of Defense sponsored, multi-site clinical trial targeting improvement of cognitive deficits associated with mild traumatic brain injury. In particular, it tests whether multiple sessions of at-home computer-based cognitive training can generalize to improvements in...

Alcohol use and neuroimaging data were obtained as part of a comprehensive assessment of post-deployment health at the VA Boston TBI Center of Excellence (TRACTS). Veterans of OEF/OIF/OND present to the VA with complex and interactive psychological and physical problems, including high rates of...