Publications
Metrics: 35 published manuscripts, 1 book chapter, 2400+ citations.
1. Torres-Platas SG, Morris DJ, Konkoly KR, Demšar E, Sheehy M, Germano D, Paller KA. (2025). Contemplative sleep practices demonstrate intentional dreaming with a transformative learning agenda. In preparation.
2. Lavin P, Lesage M, Dikaios E, Chakravarty M, Su CL, Se J, Goerner N, Royal I, Blumberger D, Speechley M, Sacchet M, Therriault J, Robertson K, Magnone R, Rosenberg N, Khalil N, Fajzel H, Kumar A, Gloeckler S, Hatch S, Tourjman V, Richard-Devantoy S, Bruneau M, Sasi N, Noble H, Fallavolita P, Schiavetto A, Segal Z, Greenway K, Lifshitz M, Rej S, Torres-Platas SG. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) vs Health Enhancement Program (HEP) for depressive symptoms in older adults: a virtually delivered Randomized Controlled Trial. Submitted.
3. Rigas C , Lavin P, Chen PJ, Torres-Platas SG, Su CL, Eyler LT, Olagunju AT, Teixeira AL, Dols A, Alda M, Almeida OP, Altinbas K, Balanzá-Martínez V, Barbosa IG, Blumberg HP, Briggs FBS, Calkin CV, Forester BP, Forlenza OV, Hajek T, Haarman BCM, Jimenez E, Lafer B, Mulsant B, Oluwaniyi SO, Patrick R, Radua J, Sarna K, Schouws S, Simhandl C, Soares JC, Sutherland AN, Tsai SY, Vieta E, Villa LM, Fiorelli N, Nunes PV, Yala JM, Sajatovic M, Rej S. (2025) Antidepressant use in older age bipolar disorder (OABD): Results from the GAGE-BD international consortium J Affect Disord (IF 4.9) Nov 21;395(Pt B):120704. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120704
4. Konkoly KR, Morris DJ, Cho M, Hurka K, Torres-Platas SG, Baehr L, Paller KA. (2025). Investigating dreams by strategically presenting sounds during REM sleep to reactivate waking experiences. Neuropsychologia (IF) Jul 16:217:109229. Doi: https://10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2025.109229
5. Morris D, Elliott DB, Torres-Platas SG, Wall J, Demšar E, Konkoly K, Rosman E, Grabowecky M, Glowacki D, Paller KA. (2025). Auditory stimulation during sleep can provoke dreaming of a prior virtual-reality experience with ego-transcendent qualities: A proof of concept. Neuroscience of Consciousness (IF 4.1) Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niaf017
6. 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. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (IF 7.5) Feb:169. Doi: https://10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106011.
7. 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? Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 54, 217–223. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-024-09621-
8. 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) Jun;34(3). doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14384
9. Campillo-Ferrer T, Alcaraz-Sánchez A, Torres-Platas SG. (2024). Exploring “lucid sleep” and altered states of consciousness using meditation and visual stimulation: A case series study Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (No IF), October 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.33735/phimisci.2024.10227
10. 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), 121(31):e2400678121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400678121
11. 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), Jun 10:13:901031. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.901031
12. 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), 12:804269. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.804269
13. 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), 14:638858. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2021.638858
14. Nassim M, Park H, Dikaios E, Potes A, Elbaz S, McVeigh 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 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9060659
15. 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), 14(4), 368–377. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2021.1978530
16. 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). Do Brief Mindfulness Interventions (BMI) and Health Enhancement Programs (HEP) Improve Sleep in Patients in Hemodialysis with Depression and Anxiety? Healthcare (IF 2.7), 9(11):1410. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111410
17. 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 (IF 1.77). doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/20543581221074
18. Fotso Soh J, Almadani A, Beaulieu S, Rajji TK, 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. Journal of Affective Disorders (IF 4.04), 262:149–154. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.013
19. Dikaios E, Escobar S, Nassim M, Su CL, Torres-Platas SG, Rej S. (2020). Continuation Sessions of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT-C) vs. Treatment as Usual in Late-Life Depression and Anxiety: An Open-Label Extension Study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (IF 3.8), 35(10):1228–1232. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5360
20. 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), 23(1):66–75. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fbdi.12973
21. Torres-Platas SG, Escobar S, Belliveau C, Wu J, Sasi N, Fotso J, Potes A, Thomas Z, Goodman A, Grad R, Looper K, Segal M, 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. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (IF 17.4), 88(4):254–256. doi: https://doi.org/10.1159/000501214
22. Pokrzywko K, Torres-Platas SG, Abdool PS, Nassim M, Semeniuk T, Moussa Y, Moussaoui G, Leon C, Baici W, Wilkins-Ho M, 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. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (IF 7.2), 27(7):745–751. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2019.03.004
23. Cruceanu C, Schmouth JF, Torres-Platas SG, Lopez JP, Ambalavanan A, Spiegelman D, Rochefort D, Hince P, Gauthier J, Lafrenière RA, Dion PA, Alda M, Turecki G, 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: https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2017.223
24. Thomas Z, Novak M, Torres-Platas SG, Gautier M, Potes-Holguin A, Fox R, et al. (2017). Brief Mindfulness Meditation for Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis: A Pilot Feasibility Study. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (IF 4.6), 12(12):2008–2015. doi: 10.2215/CJN.03900417
25. 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), 21(4):509–515. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2015.65
26. Bell S, Maussion G, Jefri M, Peng H, Théroux JF, Silveira H, Soubannier V, Wu H, 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), 11(1):183. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2018.05.018
27. 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. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (IF 7.2), 26(1):89–97. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2017.09.018
28. 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 DJ, Schaffer A, Dols A, Low N, Cervantes P, Herrmann N, Christensen BM, Trepiccione F, Rajji TK, 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), 18(1):227. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1793-9
29. 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. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (IF 7.2), S100–S101. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2017.01.114
30. 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 (IF 0.5), 4, 333–340. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40501-017-0132-y
31. 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. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology (IF 4.8), 20(1):50–57. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyw071
32. 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), 6:138. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00138
33. Cruceanu C, Powell P, Cheng T, Sanja R, Lopez JP, Torres-Platas SG, Gigek CO, 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), 172(11). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14101279
34. 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), 36(25):6605–6622. doi: https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.3951-13.2016
35. 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. Journal of Neuroinflammation (IF 4.3), 11, 12 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-11-12
36. Torres-Platas SG, Cruceanu C, Chen GG, 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 19.2), 42:50–59. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2014.05.007
37. 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), 36(13):2650. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2011.154 Conceptualized image from this paper selected as cover art portrait of the journal Neuropsychopharmacology (2011).
Book chapter:
38. Torres-Platas SG, Yamazaki EM, Paller KA, Stickgold R, Schechtman E. (in press). Memory Evolution During Sleep. In Wixted J (Ed.), Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference (3rd ed.). Elsevier. 08-Aug-2025
