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VA's TRACTS program seeking breakthroughs on traumatic brain injury

April 1, 2020

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Researchers Study Blast Injuries in Veterans

March 11, 2019

Researchers at the Boston VA are finding that exposure to blasts even without concussion can cause structural damage to the brain.

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For Memory Issues, It's Not So Much The Concussion As The Blast

April 30, 2018

Researchers at TRACTS have been able to control for the veterans’ common comorbidities, such as sleep disorders, PTSD and chronic pain, to tease out the impact of blast exposure on brain physiology and function.

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Coming Home: Diagnosing 'deployment trauma' at VA Boston

November 8, 2017

Boston 25 News presented a snapshot of TRACTS and the work we have accomplished thus far. Click here to read the full story.

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Study Links Concussion, Genes, and Alzheimer’s

May 6, 2017

Veterans with genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s and previous concussion show thinning in key areas of brain.

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What alcohol does to the aging brain

March 16, 2016

The lawyer knew something was wrong with her 61-year-old mother.

She had begun showing up for appointments two hours early. Or two hours late. She was paying less attention to how she looked. She'd had two wrecks in quick succession on her way to work as a judge's...

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The Effects of Chronic Heavy Drinking on Brain Function Are Underdiagnosed

December 23, 2015

Click here to read the full story published by the Wall Street Journal, covering some of TRACTS Center's alcohol research.

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TRACTS/GNL/BALLAB Presentations at the International Neuropsychological Society 44th Annual Meeting, Boston Marriott Copley Place, February 3-6, 2016

December 3, 2015

See below for a TRACTS/GNL/BALLAB list of Presentations. Formal schedules and abstracts are available at the INS Website.

SYMPOSIA

Gloucester Hall (Boston Marriott Copley Place).

Symposium Title: Symposium 8. Deployment Trauma: Insights from the TRACTS Cohort on the Clinical, Cognitive, and Neuoranatomical Effects of Mild TBI and its Comorbidities in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans.

Discussant: Dr. Grant Iverson

Time: February 5^th, 2016: 9:15 AM - 10:...

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Take a look at WCVB coverage of TRACTS center's cutting edge research approach:

November 12, 2015

Veterans helping veterans to develop better care in treating PTSD.

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Suicide Risk in Veterans: A New Indicator?

October 13, 2015

Changes in SKA2 gene associated with brain cell loss, more severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Read more

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