Mark R. Opp

Mark R. Opp publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark R. Opp sits on this spectrum.

Mark R. Opp D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark R. Opp sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• How (and why) the immune system makes us sleep

  Luca Imeri;Mark R. Opp

  870
  Citations

• Sleep Health: Reciprocal Regulation of Sleep and Innate Immunity

  Michael R Irwin;Mark R Opp

  581
  Citations

• Wnt10b inhibits development of white and brown adipose tissues.

  Kenneth A. Longo;Wendy S. Wright;Sona Kang;Isabelle Gerin

  464
  Citations

• Cytokines and sleep

  Mark R. Opp

  454
  Citations

• Interleukin 1 alters rat sleep: temporal and dose-related effects.

  M. R. Opp;F. Obal;J. M. Krueger

  288
  Citations

• Interleukin 1-receptor antagonist blocks interleukin 1-induced sleep and fever

  M. R. Opp;J. M. Krueger

  220
  Citations

• Corticotropin-releasing factor attenuates interleukin 1-induced sleep and fever in rabbits

  M. Opp;F. Obal;J. M. Krueger

  199
  Citations

• Somnogenic, pyrogenic, and anorectic activities of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and TNF-alpha fragments.

  L. Kapas;L. Hong;A. B. Cady;M. R. Opp

  190
  Citations

• Cytokines and normal sleep.

  Fotis Kapsimalis;Gary Richardson;Mark R Opp;Meir Kryger

  183
  Citations

• Interleukin-10 (cytokine synthesis inhibitory factor) acts in the central nervous system of rats to reduce sleep

  M.R. Opp;E.M. Smith;T.K. Hughes

  168
  Citations

• IL-10 as a mediator in the HPA axis and brain

  Eric M Smith;Patrick Cadet;George B Stefano;Mark R Opp

  165
  Citations

• Anti-interleukin-1 beta reduces sleep and sleep rebound after sleep deprivation in rats

  M. R. Opp;J. M. Krueger

  164
  Citations

• Sleeping to fuel the immune system: mammalian sleep and resistance to parasites

  Mark R Opp

  158
  Citations

• Somnogenic and pyrogenic effects of interleukin-1β and lipopolysaccharide in intact and vagotomized rats

  Mark R. Opp;Linda A. Toth

  135
  Citations

• Blockade of corticotropin-releasing hormone receptors reduces spontaneous waking in the rat.

  Fang Chia Chang;Mark R. Opp

  135
  Citations

• Interleukin-6 is pyrogenic but not somnogenic.

  M. Opp;F. Obal;A.B. Cady;L. Johannsen

  130
  Citations

• Interleukin-1β enhances non-rapid eye movement sleep when microinjected into the dorsal raphe nucleus and inhibits serotonergic neurons in vitro

  Alfredo Manfridi;Dario Brambilla;Susanna Bianchi;Maurizio Mariotti

  126
  Citations

• Inhibition of growth hormone-releasing factor suppresses both sleep and growth hormone secretion in the rat

  F. Obál;L. Payne;L. Kapás;M. Opp

  125
  Citations

• Rat Strain Differences Suggest a Role for Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in Modulating Sleep

  Mark R Opp

  124
  Citations

• Time-dependent effects of CX3CR1 in a mouse model of mild traumatic brain injury

  Heidi Y. Febinger;Heidi Y. Febinger;Hannah E. Thomasy;Maria N. Pavlova;Kristyn M. Ringgold

  123
  Citations