Publications
Metrics: 34 published manuscripts, 4 under revision, 2000+ citations.
1. Morris D., Elliott, DB., Torres-Platas SG., Wall J., Demšar E., Konkoly, K., Rosman E., Grabowecky M., Glowacki D., Paller K. (2024) Auditory stimulation during sleep can provoke dreaming of a prior virtual-reality experience with ego-transcendent qualities. Under review.
2. Lavin P., Chen PJ., Torres-Platas SG., Su CL., Eyler LT., Olagunju AT., Teixeira AL., Dols A., Alda M., Almeida OP., et al (2024). Antidepressant use in older age bipolar disorder (OABD) Results from the GAGE-BD international consortium. Under review.
3. Chintha S., Escobar S., Nassim M., Nazar R., Wu J., Cinalioglu K., Torres-Platas SG., Rej S. (2024). Does MBCT affect psychodynamic defense mechanisms and self-rated mindfulness in older adults? Under review.
4. Tzioridou S., Campillo-Ferrer T., Cañas-Martín J., Schlüter L., Torres-Platas SG., Gott JA., Soffer-Dudek N., Stumbrys T., Dresler M. (2024). The Clinical Neuroscience of Lucid Dreaming. Under review.
5. Mundt JM., Pruiksma K., Konkoly KR., Casiello-Robbins C., Nadorff MR., Franklin RC., Karanth S., Byskosh N., Morris D., Torres-Platas SG., Mallett R., Maski K., Paller KA. (2024) Treating narcolepsy-related nightmares with cognitive behavioral therapy and targeted lucidity reactivation. Journal of Sleep Research (IF. 4.4) October 2024, Oct 22:e14384. doi: 10.1111/jsr.14384.
6. Campillo-Ferrer T., Alcaraz-Sánchez A., Torres-Platas SG. (2024). A theory-driven, mindfulness-based guide to facilitate and explore lucid sleep and altered states of consciousness during sleep. Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (IF. NA), October 2024, in press.
7. Xia T., Chen D., Zeng S., Yao Z., Liu J., Qin S., Paller KA., Torres Platas SG., Antony JA., Hu X. (2024). Aversive memories can be weakened during human sleep via the reactivation of positive interfering memories. PNAS (IF. 9.4) Jul 30;121(31): e2400678121, doi:10.1073/pnas.2400678121.
8. Alcaraz-Sánchez A., Demšar E., Campillo-Ferrer T., Torres-Platas SG. (2022). Nothingness is all there is: An exploration of objectless awareness during sleep. Frontiers in Psychology (IF. 2.99) 10:13:901031.
9. Belliveau C., Nagy C., Escobar S., Mechawar M., Turecki G., Rej S., Torres-Platas SG. (2021). Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on peripheral markers of stress and inflammation in older adults with depression and anxiety: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry (IF. 3.53) 24:12:804269. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.804269
10. De-Miguel FF., Leon-Pinzon C, Torres-Platas SG., Del Pozo V., Hernández-Mendoza G., Aguirre-Olivas D., Méndez Ambrosio B., Moore S., Sánchez-Sugía D., García Aguilera MA., Martínez-Valencia A., Ramírez Santiago G., Rubí M. (2021). Extrasynaptic Communication. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (IF. 4.0). Apr 30; 14: 638858. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.638858.
11. Nassim M., Park H., Dikaios E., Potes A., Elbaz S., Mc Veigh C., Lipman M., Novak M., Trinh E., Alam A., Suri R., Thomas Z., Torres-Platas SG., Vasudev A., Sasi N., Gautier M., Mucsi I., Noble H., Rej S. (2021). Brief Mindfulness Intervention vs. Health Enhancement Program for Patients Undergoing Dialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Healthcare (IF. 2.8) 9(6):659.
12. Moussaoui G, Rigas C., Escobar S., Torres-Platas SG., Castel S, Yang M., Inhaber J., Novielli J., van Amsterdam J., Sasi N., Potes A., Nikolitch K., Penheiro R., Looper K., Segal M., Elie D., Kiss A., Selchen S., Herrmann N, Sekhon H., Rej S. (2021). Brief Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions (MOIs) Improve Psychiatric Symptoms in a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial. Psychosis (IF. 1.21)
13. Lavin P., Nazar R., Nassim M., Dikaios E., Novak M., Mucsi I., Trinh E., Potes A., Alam A., Suri RS., Thomas Z., McVeigh C., Lipman M., Torres-Platas SG., Noble H., Linnaranta O., Rej S. (2021). A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Healthcare (IF. 2.5) Oct21;9(11):1410.
14. Rigas C., Park H., Nassim M., Su CL., Greenway K., Lipman M., McVeigh C., Novak M., Trinh E., Alam A., Suri R., Mucsi I., Torres-Platas SG., Noble H., Sekhon H., Rej S., Lifshitz M. (2021). Long-Term Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention vs. a Health Enhancement Program for Treating Depression and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis: a randomized controlled trial. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease (I.F. 1.77). 10.1177/20543581221074562
15. Fotso Soh J., Almadani A., Beaulieu S., Rajji T., Mulsant BH. , Su CL., Renaud S., Mucsi I., Torres-Platas SG., Levinson A., Schaffer A., Dols A., Cervantes P., Low N., Herrmann N., Mantere O., Rej S. (2020). The effect of atorvastatin on cognition and mood in bipolar disorder and unipolar depression patients: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. J Affect Disord (IF. 4.04). Feb 1;262:149-154.
16. Dikaios E., Escobar S., Nassim M., Su CL., Torres-Platas SG., Rej S. (2020). International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (IF. 3.8) 35(10):1228-1232. doi: 10.1002/gps.5360.
17. Fotso Soh J., Beaulieu B., Trepiccione F., Mantere O., Torres-Platas SG., Robert W., et al., (2020). A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Trial of Atorvastatin for Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus in Lithium-Users. Bipolar Disorders (IF. 4.9). Feb;23(1):66-75
18. Torres-Platas SG., Escobar S., Belliveau C, Wu J, Sasi N., Fotso J., Potes A., Thomas Z., Goodman A., Grad R., Looper K., Segal., Berlim M., Vasudev A., Moscovitz N., Rej S. (2019). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Intervention for the Treatment of Late-Life Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychother Psychosom (IF. 13.7) ;88(4):254-256
19. Pokrzywko K., Torres-Platas SG., Abdool PS., Nassim M., Semeniuk T., Moussa Y., Moussaoul G., Leon C., Baici W., Wilkins-HoM W., Blackburn P., Friedland J., Nair V., Looper K., Segal M., Woo T., Bruneau MA., Rajji TK., Rej S. (2019). Early Clinical Exposure to Geriatric Psychiatry and Medical Students' Interest in Caring for Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (IF. 7.2). Jul;27(7):745-751
20. Cruceanu C., Schmouth JF., Torres-Platas SG., Lopez JP., Ambalavanan A., Spiegelman D., Rochefort D., Hince P., Gauthier J., Lafreniere RA., Dion PA., Alda M., Tureck G.i, Guy R. (2017). Rare susceptibility variants for familial bipolar disorder point to a role for G protein-coupled receptors. Molecular Psychiatry (IF. 13.2) doi: 10.1038.
21. Thomas Z., Novak M., Torres-Platas SG., Gautier M., Potes Holgin A., Fox R., et al. (2017). Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (IF. 4.6) 12(12):2008-2015.
22. Torres-Platas SG., Nagy C., Wakid M., Turecki G., Mechawar N. (2016). Glial fibrillary acidic protein is differentially expressed across cortical and subcortical regions in healthy brains and down-regulated in the thalamus and caudate nucleus of depressed suicides Molecular Psychiatry (IF. 13.4) Apr;21(4):509-15.
23. BellS., Maussion G., JefriM., Peng H., TherouxJF.,Silveira H., Soubannier V., Wu Hé, Hu P., Gala E., Torres-Platas SG., Boudreau-Pinsonneault C., O'Leary LA., Galat V., Turecki G., Durcan TM. , Fon EA., Mechawar N., Ernst C. (2018). Disruption of GRIN2B Impairs Differentiation in Human Neurons. Stem Cell Reports (IF. 6.0). Jul 10;11(1):183
24. Elie D., Marino A., Torres-Platas SG., Noohi S., Semeniuk T., Segal M., Looper KJ., Rej S. (2017). End-of-life Care Preferences in Patients with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness and Chronic Medical Conditions: A Comparative Cross-sectional Study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (IF. 7.2) 2018 Jan;26(1):89-97
25. Fotso Soh J., Torres-Platas SG., Beaulieu S., Mantere O., Platt R., Mucsi I., Saury S., Renaud S., Levinson A., Andreazza AC., Mulsant BH., Müller D., Schaffer A, Dols A, Low. N., Cervantes P., Herrmann N., Christensen BM., Trepiccione F., Rajji T., Rej S. (2018). Atorvastatin in the Treatment of Lithium-Induced Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus: The Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial BMC Psychiatry (IF. 4.4). Jul 16, 18(1):227
26. Potes A, Torres-Platas SG., Thomas Z., Vasudev A., Lavretsky H., Rej S. (2017) Tai Chi Interventions in Mental Illness: Results From a Pilot Study in Adults and a Systematic Review in Older Adults. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (IF. 7.2) S100-S101
27. Moussaoui G., Van Amsterdam J, Fotso Soh J., Torres-Platas SG., Rej S. (2017). Current Pharmacotherapies in Older Age Bipolar Disorder. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry (I.F. 0.5)
28. Nagy C., Torres-Platas SG., Mechawar N., Turecki G. (2016). Repression of Astrocytic Connexins in Cortical and Subcortical Brain Regions and Prefrontal Enrichment of H3K9me3 in Depression and Suicide Int J Neuropsychopharmacol (IF: 4.8): 1;20(1):50-57.
29. Devorak J., Torres-Platas SG., Davoli MA., Prud'homme J., Turecki G., Mechawar N. (2015) Cellular and molecular inflammatory profile of the choroid plexus in depression and suicide Frontiers in Psychiatry (IF. 4.7): Oct 19;6:138
30. Cruceanu C., Powell P., Cheng T., Sanja R., Lopez JP., Torres-Platas SG., O. Gigek C., Alda M., Rouleau GA., Pavlidis P., Turecki G. (2015). Transcriptome sequencing of the anterior cingulate in bipolar disorder: dysregulation of G protein-coupled receptors. American Journal of Psychiatry (IF. 19.2): Nov 1;172(11)
31. Huh C., Amilhon B., Ferguson K., Torres-Platas SG., Manseau F., Peach J., Scodras S., Mechawar N., Skinner F., Williams S. (2014). Excitatory inputs determine phase-locking strength and spike-timing of parvalbumin and somatostatin interneurons during intrinsically generated hippocampal theta rhythm. Journal of Neuroscience (IF. 5.3): June 22; 36(25):6605-22
32. Torres-Platas SG., Comeau S., Rachalski A., Dal Bo G., Cruceanu C., Giros B., Turecki G., Mechawar N. (2014). Morphometric characterization of microglial phenotypes in human cerebral cortex. J Neuroinflammation (IF. 4.3) Jan; 11(12)
33. Torres-Platas SG., Cruceanu C., Chen G., Turecki G., Mechawar N. (2014). Evidence for increased microglial priming and macrophage recruitment in the dorsal anterior cingulate white matter of depressed suicides. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (IF. 19.22) Nov;42:50-9
Comment on: And the BBI 2014 award for lead actor in "neuroinflammation and depression" goes to… Brain, behavior, and immunity (I.F. 19.2) Nov;42:48-9.
34. Torres-Platas SG, Hercher C, Davoli MA, Maussion G., Labonté B., Turecki G., Mechawar N. (2011). Astrocytic Hypertrophy in anterior cingulate white matter of depressed suicides. Neuropsychopharmacology (IF. 7.6) Dec;36(13):2650
Conceptualized image from recent paper selected as cover art portrait of the journal Neuropsychopharmacology (2011)
