Publications

Scientific publications from the Sleep and Mental Health Lab

Our research is published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and contributes to the understanding of sleep, dreaming and mental health across development and adulthood.

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Hamann, C., Markovic, A., Caccia, J., Badek, A., Wild, S., Adorjan, K., Kaess, M., Tuura, R., & Tarokh, L. (2026). Neurometabolic Stability and Heritability in the Adolescent Brain: A Preliminary Longitudinal Twin MRS Study. NMR in biomedicine.

Wild, S., Inderkum, A., Rupp, D., Markovic, A., Castiglione, CEG., Hamann, C., Adorjan, K., Kaess, M. Tuura, R., and Tarokh, L. (2026). Sleep as a driving force of adolescent brain development – evidence from a longitudinal MRI study. SLEEP.

Dimitriades, M. E., Schumacher, E., Arudchelvam, J., Fattinger, S., Kurth, S., Pugin, F., Wehrle, F., Jaramillo, V., Volk, C., Leach, S., Buckley, A., Driver, D., Markovic, A., Rapoport, J., Tarokh, L., Huber, R., & Gerstenberg, M. (2025). The infraslow fluctuation of sigma power during sleep in young individuals with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 221, 29–36.

Tarokh, L. and Guiterrez-Herrera, C (2025) Adolescent Sleep Disruption: implications for psychiatric morbidity, Biological Psychiatry.

Malhi G., Adlington K., Al-Diwani A., Ali S., Arya R., Baldwin D.S., Batley P., Bell E., Berrios G., Beveridge A., Bhat M., Bhugra D., Biswas A., Byford S., Campbell C., Cass H., Chadda R.K., Chamberlain S.R., Chevance A., Comasco E., Cookson J., Costello H., Critchley H.D., Cuijpers P., de Cates A., De Giorgi R., Drummond C., Feng J., Ford T., Forrester A., Geddes J., Harrison J.R., Hayes J.F., Henderson S., Ho C., Homan P., Horn N., Ioannidis K., Jones E., Karyotaki E., Kaufman K.R., Koychev I., Kumari V., Kyriakopoulos M., Lawrie S.M., Lee W., Lovik A., McGuire P., McKenzie K., de Oliveira C., Ostinelli E.G., Oyebode F., Peters S., Petkova E., Phillips M.R., Pinto Da Costa M., Reilly T.J., Roberts E., Rodda J., Rush J., Saunders R., Schulze T.G., Schultze-Lutter F., Shergill S.S., Shivakumar G., Siskind D., Soomro M., Srinivasan R., Sumathipala A., Szymaniak K., Tan E., Tarokh L., Tracy D., Watson S., Williams R., Wu J., Young A.H., Zisman-Ilani Y., Fernandez Egea E. (2025) The value of mental science: we publish what matters, British Journal of Psychiatry.

Markovic, A., Veen, D., Hamann, C., Tuura, R., Adorjan, K., Kaess, M. and Tarokh, L. (2025) Joint Heritability of Sleep EEG Spindle Activity and Thalamic Volume in Early Adolescence, Journal of Neuroscience.

Tarokh, L., Picchioni, D., Sasaki, Y., and Achermann, P. (2025) Advanced Methods to Study Sleep, Fundamentals of Sleep and Circadian Science.

Lang, C, Bik, A, Datta, AN, Brotzman, M, Tarokh, L, Gerber, M (2024) Behavioral physical activity counselling to promote an active healthy lifestyle among adolescent psychiatric outpatients. The TRANSPAC-study, Current Issues in Sport Sciences.

Markovic, A, Achermann, P, Rusterholz, T, Kaess, M, Tarokh, L (2024) Genetic Contribution to Sleep Homeostasis in Early Adolescence, Eur J Neuro.

ElGrawani, W., Mueller, FS, Schalbetter, SM, Brown, SA, Weber-Stadlbauer, U* and Tarokh, L* (2024), Maternal immune activation exerts long-term effects on activity and sleep in male offspring mice, Eur J Neuro, *Shared senior authorship.

Guiterrez-Herrera, C and Tarokh, L (2024) A thalamocortical perspective on sleep spindle alterations in neurodevelopmental disorders, Current Sleep Medicine Reports.

Fontanellaz-Castiglione, C and Tarokh, L (2024) Sleep and Adolescent Depression, Clin Trans Neuro.

Dimitriades ME, Markovic A, Gefferie SR, Buckley A, Driver DI, Rapoport JL, Nosadini M, Rostasy K, Sartori S, Suppiej A, Kurth S, Franscini M, Walitza S, Huber R, Tarokh L, Bölsterli BK, Gerstenberg M. Sleep spindles across youth affected by schizophrenia or anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor encephalitis (2023), Front Psychiatry.

Züst MA, Mikutta, C, Omlin, X, DeStefani T, Wunderlin M, Zeller, CJ, Fehér, KD, Hertenstein, E, Schneider, CL, Teunissen, CE, Tarokh, L, Klöppel, S, Feige, B, Riemann, D, Nissen, C (2023), The Hierarchy of Coupled Sleep Oscillations Reverses with Aging in Humans, J Neurosci.

Reynolds, A., Spaeth, A., Hale, L., Williamson, A., LeBourgeois, M., Wong, S., Hartstein, L., Levenson, J., Kwon, M., Hart, C., Greer, A.,Richardson, C., Gradisar, M., Clementi, M., Simon, S., Reuter-Yuill, L., Picchietti, D., Wild, S., Tarokh, L., Sexton-Radek, K., Puzino, K.,Calhoun, S., Johnson, D., Lewin, D., Carskadon, M., Pediatric Sleep: Current Knowledge, Gaps, and Opportunities for the Future (2023), SLEEP.

Fehér, K., Omlin, X., Tarokh, L.,Schneider, C., Morishima, Y., Züst, M., Wunderlin, M., Koenig, T., Hertenstein, E., Ellenberger, B., Ruch, S., Schmidig, F., Mikutta, C., Trinka, E., Senn, W., Feige, B., Klöppel, S., Nissen, C. (2023) Feasibility, efficacy and functional relevance of automated auditory closed-loop suppression of slow wave sleep in humans. J Sleep Res.

Fontanellaz-Castiglione, C.E.G., Wild, S., Schaufler, S., Hamann, C., Kaess, M., and Tarokh, L. (2023) Sleep Regularity in Healthy Adolescents: Associations with Sleep Duration and Quality, Journal of Sleep Research.

Nguyen T.P., Lerch, S., Maggetti, A., Tarokh, L., and Kaess, M. (2023) The relationship between sleep, self-harm, and suicidality in adolescents engaging in risk-taking behaviours, J of Psych Res .

Fontanellaz-Castiglione, C., Timmers, T., Kaess, M., and Tarokh, L. (2023) Sleep and physical activity: Results from a long-term actigraphy study in adolescents. BMC Public Health.

Markovic, A, Kaess, M and Tarokh, L (2022) Heritability of REM Sleep. Translational Psychiatry.

Studler, M., Gianotti, L.R.R., Koch, K., Hausfeld, J., Tarokh, L., Maric A., and Knoch, D. (2022) Local slow wave activity in regular sleep reveals individual risk preferences. Neuroimage.

Tarokh, L. and Vyazovskiy V.V. (2021) Too sleepy for school: is sleep in teenagers homeostatically regulated under chronic sleep restriction? SLEEP.

Tarokh, L (2021) Dispatch Sleep: Twitch in Tempo. Current Biology.

Tarokh, L., Achermann, P., and Carskadon M.A., (2021) Naps not as effective as a night of sleep at dissipating sleep pressure. Journal of Sleep Research.

Markovic, A., Buckley, A., Driver, D., Dillard-Broadnax, D., Gochman, P., Hoedlemoser, K., Rapoport, J.*, and Tarokh, L* (2020) Sleep spindle activity in childhood onset schizophrenia: Diminished and associated with clinical symptoms. Schizophrenia Research. *Shared senior authorship.

Markovic, A., Kaess, M., and Tarokh, L. (2020) Gender differences in adolescent sleep neurophysiology: a high-density sleep EEG study. Nature: Scientific Reports.

Markovic, A., Kaess, M., and Tarokh, L. (2020) Environmental factors shape sleep EEG connectivity during early adolescence. Cerebral Cortex. 30(11): 5780-91.

Markovic, A., Buckley, A., Driver, D., Dillard-Broadnax, D., Gochman, P., Hoedlemoser, K., Rapoport, J.*, and Tarokh, L* (2020) Sleep Neurophysiology in Childhood Onset Schizophrenia. Journal of Sleep Research. *Shared senior authorship.

Markovic, A., Fontantellaz-Castiglione, C.E.G., and Tarokh, L (2020) Veränderte Schlafneurophysiologie als Frühmaker für Psychose (Altered sleep neurophysiology as an early marker for psychosis). Psychiatre + Neurology.

Fontanellaz-Castiglione, C.E.G, Markovic, A., and Tarokh, L (2020) Sleep and the adolescent brain. Current Opinions in Physiology.

Tarokh, L., Short, M., Crowley, S.J., Fontanellaz-Castiglione, C.E.G, and Carskadon, M.A. (2020) Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Adolescence. Current Sleep Medicine Reports.

Hamann, C., Studer, M., Kaess, M., and Tarokh, L (2019) Association between sleep neurophysiology and depressive symptoms in early adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Rusterholz, T.*, Hamann, C.*, Markovic, A., Achermann, P., Schmidt, S., and Tarokh, L (2018). Nature and Nurture: Brain region specific inheritance of sleep neurophysiology in adolescence. Journal of Neuroscience. *Shared first authorship.

Crowley, S.J., Wolfson, A.R., Tarokh, L., and Carskadon, M.A. (2018) An update on Adolescent Sleep: New Evidence Informing the Perfect Storm Model. Journal of Adolescence. 67:66-65.

Mariani, S., Tarokh, L., Djonlagic, I., Cade, B.E., Morrical, M., Yffee, K., Stone, K.L., Loparo, K.A., Purcell, S., Redline, S., and Aeschbach, D. (2018) Evaluation of an Automated Pipeline for Large Scale EEG Spectral Analysis: The National Sleep Research Resource. Sleep Medicine. 47: 126-36.

Markovic, A., Rusterholz, T., and Tarokh, L. (2018) Heritability of topographic distribution of sleep EEG power in early adolescents. Nature: Scientific Reports. 8(1):7334.

Inderkum, A., and Tarokh, L (2018) High Heritability of Sleep-Wake Behavior on Free but not School Days: A Long-Term Twin Study. Sleep. 41(3).

Bersagliere, A., Pascual-Marqui, R., Tarokh, L., andAchermann, P. (2017) Mapping slow waves by EEG topography and source localization: effects of sleep deprivation. Brain Topography. 31(2):257-269.

Rusterholz, T., Achermann, P., Dürr, R., Koenig, T., and Tarokh, L (2017) Global field Synchronization in gamma range of the sleep EEG tracks sleep depth: Artifacts introduced by a rectangular analysis window. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 284:21-26.

Rusterholz, T., Tarokh, L., Van Dongen, H., and Achermann, P. (2017) Inter-individual differences in the dynamics of the homeostatic process are trait-like and distinct for sleep versus wakefulness. Journal of Sleep Research. 26(2): 171-178.

Tarokh, L., Saletin, J., and Carskadon, M.A. (2016) Sleep in adolescence: physiology, cognition, and mental health. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 70: 182-188.

Achermann, P., Rusterholz, T., Dürr. R., König, T., and Tarokh, L. (2016) Global Field Synchronization Reveals Rapid Eye Movement Sleep As Most Synchronized Brain State in the Human EEG. Royal Society Open Science. 3(10) :160201.

Hamann, C., Schultze-Lutter, F., and Tarokh, L. (2016) Online Assessment of Mental Well-Being in Early Adolescents: A Reliability Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 18(6): e138.

Tarokh, L., Rusterholz, T., Achermann, P., Van Dongen, H. (2016) The Spectrum of the Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep EEG Following Total Sleep Deprivation is Trait-Like. Journal of Sleep Research. 24(4): 360-3.

Carskadon, M.A., and Tarokh, L. (2016) How Developmental Changes in Sleep Biology may Affect Adolescent Behavior. Nutrition Reviews, 72 Suppl 1:60-4.

Tarokh, L. and Achermann, P. (2014) Human Sleep and its Regulation. Kosmos, 63(2): 173-180.

Tarokh, L., Hamann, C., and Schimmelmann, B.G. (2014) Editorial. Sleep in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Overlooked and underappreciated. European Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 23(6): 369-72.

Crowley, S.J., Van Reen, E., LeBourgeois, MK, Acebo, C, Tarokh, L, Seifer, R, Barker, D, and Carskadon, M.A. (2014) A longitudinal assessment of sleep timing, circadian phase, and phase angle of entrainment across human adolescence. PLoS One, 9(11):e112199.

Martinez-Lozano Sinues, P., Tarokh, L., Li, X., Kohler, M., Brown, S.A. Zenob, R. & Dallmann, R. (2014) Circadian variation of the human metabolome captured by real-time breath analysis. PLoS One, 9(12): e114422.

Tarokh, L., Carskadon, M.A., Achermann, P. (2014) Early adolescent cognitive gains are marked by increased sleep EEG coherence. PLoS One, 9(9):e106847.

Stadelmann K, Latshang T.D., Nussbaumer-Ochsner Y., Tarokh L., Ulrich S., Kohler M., Bloch K.E., and Achermann P. (2014) Impact of Acetazolamide and CPAP on Cortical Activity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients. PLoS One, 9(4): e93931.

Stadelmann, K, Latshang, T.D., Tarokh, L., Lo Cascio, C. M., Tesler, N., Stoewhas, A.C., Kohler, M., Bloch, K. E., Huber, R., Achermann, P. (2014) Sleep respiratory disturbances and arousals at moderate altitude have overlapping EEG spectral signatures. Journal of Sleep Research, 23(4): 436-8.

Tarokh, L, Benz, D.C., Achermann, P., Loughran, S.P. (2013) Regional differences in trait-like characteristics of the waking EEG in early adolescence. BMC Neuroscience, 14: 117. *Shared first authorship.

Tarokh, L., Carskadon, M.A., and Achermann, P. (2012) Dissipation of Sleep Pressure is Stable Across Adolescence. Neuroscience, 216: 167-77.

Dallmann, R., Viola, A.U., Tarokh, L., Cajochen, C., Brown, S.A. (2012) The Human Circadian Metabolome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(7): 2625-9.

Tarokh, L., Van Reen, E., Acebo C.A., LeBourgeois, M., Seifer, R., Fallone, G. and Carskadon, M.A. (2012) Adolescence & Parental Alcohol History: Insights from the Sleep EEG. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 36(9): 1530-41.

Tarokh, L., Van Reen, E., LeBourgeois, M., Seifer, R., and Carskadon, M.A. (2011) Sleep EEG Provides Evidence that Cortical Changes Persist into Late Adolescence. Sleep, 34(10): 1385-93.

Tarokh, L., Carskadon, M.A., and Achermann, P. (2011) Trait-Like Characteristics in the Sleep EEG Across Adolescent Development. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(17):6371 – 6378.

Van Reen, E., Tarokh, L., Rupp, T., Seifer, R., and Carskadon, M.A. (2011) Does Timing of Alcohol Administration Affect Sleep? Sleep, 34(2): 195 – 205.

Tarokh, L. and Carskadon, M.A. (2010) EEG Delta Power Decline Can Begin Before the Age of 11: A Reply to Campbell and Feinberg. Sleep, 33: 738.

Tarokh, L., Carskadon, M.A., and Achermann, P. (2010) Developmental Changes in Brain Connectivity Assessed Using the Sleep EEG. Neuroscience, 171: 622 – 63.

Tarokh, L., and Carskadon, M.A. (2010) Developmental Changes in the Human Sleep EEG During Early Adolescence. Sleep, 33: 801 – 809.

Tarokh, L., and Carskadon, M.A. (2010) Sleep Electroencephalogram in Children with a Parental History of Alcohol Abuse/Dependence. Journal of Sleep Research, 19: 165 – 174.

Tarokh, L. (2009) EEG Oscillations Induced by Contour Closure in a Noisy Visual Field. Behavioral Brain Research, 196: 55 – 62.

Kennedy, C., Tarokh, L., and Stein, M. (2001) Cognitive Difficulties and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence. CNS Spectrums, 6: pp. 787 – 792.