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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...

We would love to have you get involved in our research! Currently, we have several ongoing studies. Most of these studies compensate participation at $10/hour and are conducted at the Boston VA located at 150 S. Huntington Ave., Boston, MA, 02130. If you are interested in functional MRI or...

Identify Risk Chart review Assessment of risk factors: cognitive impairment, advanced age, severe illness, sensory deficits, infection, polypharmacy, sleep deprivation, dehydration Screen Clock-in-the Box Assessment Modified Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale (mRASS) Days of the Week Backward...

Currently there are two other clinical demonstration projects from the VA Boston Healthcare System Geriatrics in Primary Care Clinical Demonstration Project- Dr. Peter Engel - Coinciding with the initiation of Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT), the Geriatrics in Primary Care program seeks to...

STEP Home is a group workshop program started by the TRACTS team and created to help returning veterans reintegrate back into their civilian lives after deployment.Veterans are offered assistance with vocational issues, problem solving, family relationships, substance issues, and related...

How to Administer the Clock-in-the-Box The Clock-in-the-Box diagnostic has two parts to it. First there is a page of brief instructions that the test taker is asked to commit to memory. Then, when they are ready, they are given a response sheet, depicted below, on which they try to follow the...