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  • (under review) Baran B., Denis D, Mylonas D, Arpaci H, Spitzer C, Raymond N, Talbot C, Kohnke E, Larson O, Stickgold R, Keshavan M, Manoach DS. Sleep and wake markers of thalamocortical functioning in early-course psychosis and first-degree relatives.
  • (under review) Lott M, Koesterer S, Mackellar E, McCleery A, Bardhoshi G, Platt J, Baran B. When “time online” tells us little: duration of social media use does not influence sleep disruption or psychopathology in adolescents.
  • (under review) Sursely, A., Baran, B., Bardhoshi, G., & Platt, J. M. (2025). Time Out: a scoping review of non-duration based social media use measures and adolescent mental health. Iowa research online. University of Iowa. https://doi.org/10.17077/pp.006691
  • Arpaci H, Banik N, Ersoy PK, Harrington C, Kapucu A, Baran B. (2025). NREM Sleep Oscillations Are Associated with Anxiety and Negative Affect in Young Adults. Journal of Sleep Research. 34(5):e70050. PMID: 40129180. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.70050
  • Platt, J. M., Baran, B., & Bardhoshi, G. (2024). Recognizing and Mitigating the Mental Health Risks of Social Media Use in Adolescents: A Guide for Parents and Schools. University of Iowa, Scanlan Center for School Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.17077/rep.006664
  • Denis D, Baran B, Mylonas D, Spitzer C, Raymond N, Talbot C, Kohnke E, Larson O, Stickgold R, Keshavan M, Manoach DS. (2024). Sleep oscillations and their relations with sleep-dependent memory consolidation in early course psychosis and first-degree relatives. Schizophrenia Research, 274, 473–485. PMID: 39515257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2024.10.026

  • Baran B, Lee EE. Age-related changes in sleep and its implications for cognitive decline in aging persons with schizophrenia: A critical review. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2024 May 7:sbae059. PMID: 38713085 

  • Fang A, Baran B, Feusner JD, Phan KL, Beatty CC, Crane J, Jacoby RJ, Manoach DS, Wilhelm S. (2024). Self-focused brain predictors of cognitive behavioral therapy response in a transdiagnostic sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research. PMID: 38266332 

  • Myers, A. M., Rech, M. E., Baran, B., Palmer, C., Mylonas, D., & Alfano, C. A. (2024). Sleep spindle activity is associated with state- and trait-based emotion in healthy school-aged children. Sleep Medicine, 113, 56-60.  doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2023.11.009

  • Baran B, Nguyen QTH, Mylonas D, Santangelo SL, Manoach DS. Increased resting-state thalamocortical functional connectivity in children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder [published online ahead of print, 2022 Dec 22]. Autism Res. 2022. doi:10.1002/aur.2875
  • Fang, A., Baran, B., Beatty, C. C., et al. (2021). Maladaptive self-focused attention and default mode network connectivity: A transdiagnostic investigation across social anxiety disorder and body dysmorphic disorders. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2022;17(7):645-654. doi:10.1093/scan/nsab130
  • Baran B, Karahanoglu FI, Mylonas D, Demanuele C, Vangel M, Stickgold RS, Anticevic A, Manoach DS. Increased thalamocortical connectivity in schizophrenia correlates with sleep spindle deficits: evidence for a common pathophysiology. Bio Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging, 2019 Aug: 4(8), 706-714. PMID: 31262708.
  • Mylonas D, Tocci C, Coon WG, Baran B, Kohnke EJ, Zhu L, Vangel MG, Stickgold R, Manoach DS. Naps reliably estimate nocturnal sleep spindle density in health and schizophrenia. J Sleep Res, 2019 Dec: e12968. PMID: 31860157.
  • Baran B, Correll D, Vuper TS, Morgan A, Manoach DS, Stickgold S. Spared and impaired sleep-dependent memory consolidation in schizophrenia. Schizophr Research. 2018 Sep;199:83-9. PMID: 29706447.
  • Karahanoğlu FI, Baran B, Nguyen TQ, Meskaldji DE, Vangel M, Santangelo SL, Manoach DS. (2018) Diffusion-weighted imaging evidence of altered white matter development from late childhood to early adulthood in Autism Spectrum Disorder. NeuroImage: Clin, 19, 840-847. PMID: 29946509.
  • Baran B, Karahanoglu FI, Agam Y, Mantonakis L, Manoach DS. Failure to mobilize cognitive control for challenging tasks correlates with symptom severity in schizophrenia. NeuroImage: Clin. 2016 Oct; 12, 887-93. PMID: 27872811.
  • Demanuele C, Bartsch U, Baran B, Khan S, Vangel MG, Cox R, Hämäläinen M, Jones MW, Stickgold R, Manoach DS. Coordination of Slow Waves with Sleep Spindles Predicts Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation in Schizophrenia. Sleep. 2017 Jan;40(1). PMID: 27634797.
  • Baran B, Mantua J, Spencer RM. Age-related Changes in the Sleep-dependent Reorganization of Declarative Memories. J Cogn Neurosci. 2016 Jun;28(6):792-802. PMID: 26918588.
  • Mantua J, Baran B, Spencer RM. Sleep benefits consolidation of visuo-motor adaptation learning in older adults. Exp Brain Res. 2016 Feb;234(2):587-95. PMID: 26563162.
  • Jones BJ, Schultz KS, Adams S, Baran B, Spencer RM. Emotional bias of sleep-dependent processing shifts from negative to positive with aging. Neurobiol Aging. 2016 Sep;45: 178-89. PMID: 27459938.
  • Wilson JK, Baran B, Pace-Schott EF, Ivry RB, Spencer RM. Sleep modulates word-pair learning but not motor sequence learning in healthy older adults. Neurobiol Aging. 2012 May;33(5):991-1000. PMID: 22244090.
  • Sonni A, Kurdziel LBF, Baran B, Spencer RMC (2014). The effects of sleep dysfunction on cognition, affect, and quality of life in individuals with cerebellar ataxia. J Clin Sleep Med.2014 May; 10(5), 535-43. PMID: 24812539.
  • Baran B, Daniels D, Spencer RMC. Sleep-dependent consolidation of value- based learning. PloS One. 2013 Oct; 8(10), e75326. PMID: 24130703.
  • Tükel R, Gürvit H, Öztürk N, Özata B, Ertekin BA, Ertekin E, Baran B, Kalem ŞA, Büyükgök D, Direskeneli GS. COMT Val158Met polymorphism and executive functions in obsessive-compulsive disorder. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2013;25(3):214-21. PMID: 23774999.
  • Tükel R, Gürvit H, Ozata B, Oztürk N, Ertekin BA, Ertekin E, Baran B, Kalem SA, Büyükgök D, Direskeneli GS. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene Val66Met polymorphism and cognitive function in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2012 Oct;159B(7):850-8. PMID: 22911909.
  • Tükel R, Gürvit H, Ertekin BA, Oflaz S, Ertekin E, Baran B, Kalem SA, Kandemir PE, Ozdemiroğlu FA, Atalay F. Neuropsychological function in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Compr Psychiatry. 2012 Feb;53(2):167-75. PMID: 21550029.
  • Ready RE, Baran B, Chaudhry M, Schatz K, Gordon J, Spencer RMC. Apolipoprotein E-e4, processing speed, and white matter volume in a genetically enriched sample of midlife adults. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2011 Sep; 26(6), 463–68. PMID: 21937476.
  • Baran B, Wilson J, Spencer RMC REM-dependent repair of competitive memory suppression. Exp Brain Res. 2010 Apr; 203(2), 471-7. PMID: 20401652.
  • Baran B, Tekcan AI, Gürvit H, Boduroglu A. Episodic memory and metamemory in Parkinson's disease patients. Neuropsychology. 2009 Nov;23(6):736-45. PMID: 19899832.
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