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Dara S. Manoach is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has a significant publication record primarily in the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their research spans numerous topics closely related to brain function, sleep, and neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions.

The scientist's main areas of study include Neuroscience and Psychology, with subfields emphasizing Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Genetics.

Dara S. Manoach's research focuses on a range of topics:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Their recent publications reflect this focus and include the following:

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism (2020, Cell)
  • Rare coding variation provides insight into the genetic architecture and phenotypic context of autism (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Focal Sleep Spindle Deficits Reveal Focal Thalamocortical Dysfunction and Predict Cognitive Deficits in Sleep Activated Developmental Epilepsy (2021, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • The effects of eszopiclone on sleep spindles and memory consolidation in schizophrenia: a randomized clinical trial (2020, Neuropsychopharmacology)
  • Dyscoordination of non-rapid eye movement sleep oscillations in autism spectrum disorder (2022, SLEEP)

Dara S. Manoach has collaborated frequently with several researchers, with multiple joint publications alongside Dimitrios Mylonas, Robert Stickgold, Bryan Baxter, Shaun Purcell, and Catherine J. Chu.

The venues where they most often publish include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SLEEP
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Schizophrenia Research

Best Publications

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

    F. Kyle Satterstrom;F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S. Breen

  • Prefrontal cortex dysfunction during working memory performance in schizophrenia: reconciling discrepant findings.

    Dara S Manoach

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Rare coding variation provides insight into the genetic architecture and phenotypic context of autism

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  • Schizophrenic subjects show aberrant fMRI activation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia during working memory performance.

    Dara S Manoach;Randy L Gollub;Etienne S Benson;Meghan M Searl

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

    F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S Breen;Michael S Breen

  • Reduced Sleep Spindles and Spindle Coherence in Schizophrenia: Mechanisms of Impaired Memory Consolidation?

    Erin J. Wamsley;Matthew A. Tucker;Ann K. Shinn;Kim E. Ono

  • A placebo-controlled trial of D-cycloserine added to conventional neuroleptics in patients with schizophrenia.

    Donald C. Goff;Guochuan Tsai;James Levitt;Edward Amico

  • Schizophrenic subjects activate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during a working memory task, as measured by fMRI

    Dara S. Manoach;Daniel Z Press;Venkatassen Thangaraj;Meghan M Searl

  • Characterizing sleep spindles in 11,630 individuals from the National Sleep Research Resource.

    S. M. Purcell;D. S. Manoach;C. Demanuele;B. E. Cade

  • Response monitoring, repetitive behaviour and anterior cingulate abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

    Katharine N. Thakkar;Frida E. Polli;Robert Michael Joseph;David S. Tuch

  • Working memory and DLPFC inefficiency in schizophrenia: The FBIRN study

    S. G. Potkin;J. A. Turner;G. G. Brown;G. McCarthy

  • Prefrontal cortex fMRI signal changes are correlated with working memory load.

    Dara S. Manoach;Gottfried Schlaug;Bettina Siewert;David G. Darby

  • Dose-finding trial of D-cycloserine added to neuroleptics for negative symptoms in schizophrenia.

    D. C. Goff;Guochan Tsai;D. R. Manoach;J. T. Coyle

  • Reduced cognitive control of response inhibition by the anterior cingulate cortex in autism spectrum disorders

    Yigal Agam;Robert M. Joseph;Jason J.S. Barton;Dara S. Manoach

  • Dysregulation of working memory and default‐mode networks in schizophrenia using independent component analysis, an fBIRN and MCIC study

    Dae Il Kim;Dara S. Manoach;Daniel H. Mathalon;Jessica A. Turner

  • Reduced Sleep Spindles in Schizophrenia: A Treatable Endophenotype That Links Risk Genes to Impaired Cognition?

    Dara S. Manoach;Dara S. Manoach;Jen Q. Pan;Shaun M. Purcell;Robert Stickgold

  • Rostral and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex make dissociable contributions during antisaccade error commission

    Frida E. Polli;Jason J. S. Barton;Matthew S. Cain;Katharine N. Thakkar

  • D-cycloserine added to clozapine for patients with schizophrenia.

    Donald C. Goff;Guochuan Tsai;Dara S. Manoach;James Flood

  • The MCIC collection: a shared repository of multi-modal, multi-site brain image data from a clinical investigation of schizophrenia.

    Randy L. Gollub;Jody M. Shoemaker;Margaret D. King;Tonya White

  • Test-retest reliability of a functional MRI working memory paradigm in normal and schizophrenic subjects.

    Dara S. Manoach;Elkan F. Halpern;Todd S. Kramer;Yuchiao Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Stickgold
Robert Stickgold Harvard Medical School
Jason J. S. Barton
Jason J. S. Barton University of British Columbia
Vince D. Calhoun
Vince D. Calhoun Georgia State University
Randy L. Gollub
Randy L. Gollub Harvard Medical School
Jessica A. Turner
Jessica A. Turner The Ohio State University
Vincent P. Clark
Vincent P. Clark University of New Mexico
Joshua L. Roffman
Joshua L. Roffman Harvard University
Tonya White
Tonya White National Institutes of Health
Beng-Choon Ho
Beng-Choon Ho University of Iowa
Nancy C. Andreasen
Nancy C. Andreasen University of Iowa

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