Jeff Boissoneault, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

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 NJ, Boissoneault J. Determinants of perceived pain relief from acute alcohol intake in a laboratory setting. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2024;12:100267. 
  • Bush N, Ferguson E, Zale E, Boissoneault J. A brief screening tool for self-medication of pain with substance use. Journal of Addiction Medicine 2024;18(30):282-287. PMID: 38357999. 
  • Alexander CA, Bush N, Neubert JK, Robinson M, Boissoneault J. Expectancy of alcohol analgesia moderates perception of pain relief following acute alcohol intake. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2024 Apr;32(2):228-235.
  • Gilmour C, Blaes S, Bush NJ, Vitus D, Carpenter RW, Robinson M, Boissoneault J. Pain and alcohol consumption in virtual reality. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2023;31(2):433. PMID: 36174144. 
  • Ferguson E†, Bush N†, Yurasek A, Boissoneault J. The effect of next day responsibilities and an adaptive purchase task on cannabis demand. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2021;227:108919. PMID: 34340160. †These authors contributed equally to this work. 
  • Vitus D, Williams MK, Rizk M, Neubert, JK, Robinson, M, Boissoneault, J. Analgesic Effects of Alcohol in Adults with Chronic Jaw Pain. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2022 Aug;46(8):1515-1524. PMID: 35989585. 
  • Schneider VJ 2nd, Bush N, Vitus D, Carpenter RW, Robinson M, Boissoneault J. A virtual reality platform for the measurement of drinking topography. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2022;231:109246. PMID: 34998252. 
  • Ferguson E, Zale E, Ditre J, Wesolowicz D, Stennett B, Robinson M, Boissoneault J. CANUE: A theoretical model of pain as an antecedent for substance use. Ann Behav Med. 2021 May 6;55(5):489-502. PMID: 32914834. 
  • Sevel L, Stennett B, Schneider V 2nd, Bush N, Nixon SJ, Robinson M, Boissoneault J. Acute alcohol intake produces widespread decreases in cortical resting signal variability in healthy social drinkers. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2020;44(7):1410-1419. PMID: 32472620. 
  • Sevel L, Boissoneault J, Alappattu M, Bishop M, Robinson ME. Training endogenous pain modulation: A preliminary investigation of neural adaptation following repeated exposure to clinically-relevant pain. Brain Imaging and Behavior 2020;14(3):881-896. PMID: 30617786. 
  • Boissoneault J, Lewis B, Nixon SJ. Characterizing chronic pain and alcohol use trajectory among treatment seeking alcoholics. Alcohol 2019;75:47-54. PMID: 30359794. 
  • Boissoneault J, Frazier I, Lewis B, Nixon SJ. Effects of age and acute moderate alcohol administration on electrophysiological correlates of working memory maintenance. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2016;40(9):1874-1883. PMID: 27419803 
  • Boissoneault J, Letzen J*, Lai S, O'Shea A, Craggs J, Robinson M, Staud R. Abnormal resting state functional connectivity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: An arterial spin-labeling fMRI study. Magn Reson Imaging 2016;34(4):603-608. PMID: 26708036
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