Jeff Boissoneault, PhD

Pronouns:  he/him

E-MAIL: [email protected]

Lab website: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/mapl

Research Interests:

Dr. Boissoneault’s research interests focus on neurophysiological and psychosocial mechanisms underling the bidirectional association between pain and substance use, especially alcohol.

Publications

Selected Publications (for complete list, see PubMed or Google Scholar): 

• Aghabeigi, S., Bush, N.J., & Boissoneault, J. (2024). Determinants of perceived pain relief from acute alcohol intake in a laboratory setting. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 12:100267. 
• Bush, N., Ferguson, E., Zale, E., & Boissoneault, J. (2024). A brief screening tool for self-medication of pain with substance use. Journal of Addiction Medicine 18(30):282-287. PMID: 38357999. 
• Alexander, C.A., Bush, N., Neubert, J.K., Robinson, M., & Boissoneault, J. (2023). Expectancy of Alcohol Analgesia Moderates Perception of Pain Relief Following Acute Alcohol Intake. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. PMID: 37358545. 
• Ferguson, E.†, Bush, N.†, Yurasek, A., & Boissoneault, J. (2021). The effect of next day responsibilities and an adaptive purchase task on cannabis demand. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 227:108919. PMID: 34340160. †These authors contributed equally to this work. 
• Gilmour, C., Blaes, S., Bush, N.J., Vitus, D., Carpenter, R.W., Robinson, M., & Boissoneault, J. (2023). Pain and Alcohol Consumption in Virtual Reality. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 31(2):433. PMID: 36174144. 
• Vitus, D., Williams, M.K., Rizk, M., Neubert, J.K., Robinson, M., & Boissoneault, J. (2022). Analgesic Effects of Alcohol in Adults with Chronic Jaw Pain. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 46(8):1515-1524. PMID: 35989585. 
• Schneider, V.J., Bush, N., Vitus, D., Carpenter, R., Robinson, M., & Boissoneault, J. (2022). A Virtual Reality Platform for the Measurement of Drinking Topography. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 231:109246. PMID: 34998252. 
• Ferguson, E., Zale, E., Ditre, J., Wesolowicz, D., Stennett, B., Robinson, M., & Boissoneault, J. (2020). CANUE: A Theoretical Model of Pain as an Antecedent for Substance Use. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. PMID: 32914834. 
• Sevel, L.S., Stennett, B., Schneider II, V., Bush, N., Nixon, S.J., Robinson, M., & Boissoneault, J. (2020). Acute Alcohol Intake Produces Widespread Decreases in Cortical Resting Signal Variability in Health Social Drinkers. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 44(7):1410-1419. PMID: 32472620. 
• Sevel, L., Boissoneault, J., Alappattu, M., Bishop, M., & Robinson, M.E. (2020). Training Endogenous Pain Modulation: A Preliminary Investigation of Neural Adaptation Following Repeated Exposure to Clinically-Relevant Pain. Brain Imaging and Behavior 14(3):881-896. PMID: 30617786. 
• Boissoneault, J., Lewis, B., & Nixon, S.J. (2019). Characterizing Chronic Pain and Alcohol Use Trajectory Among Treatment Seeking Alcoholics. Alcohol 75:47-54. PMID: 30359794. 
• Boissoneault, J., Frazier, I., Lewis, B., & Nixon, S.J. (2016). Effects of Age and Acute Moderate Alcohol Administration on Electrophysiological Correlates of Working Memory Maintenance. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 40(9):1874-1883. PMID: 27419803 
• Boissoneault, J., Letzen, J.*, Lai, S., O'Shea, A., Craggs, J., Robinson, M., & Staud, R. (2016). Abnormal resting state functional connectivity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: An arterial spin-labeling fMRI study. Magn Reson Imaging 34(4):603-608. PMID: 26708036