F. Obál

Most-cited papers

The Role of Cytokines in Physiological Sleep Regulation
J. M. Krueger, F. Obál, Jidong Fang, T. Kubota +1 more
2001Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences409 citations
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Biochemical regulation of non-rapid-eye-movement sleep.
F. Obál, J. Krueger
2003Frontiers in Bioscience320 citations Open access
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Rhythms of ghrelin, leptin, and sleep in rats: effects of the normal diurnal cycle, restricted feeding, and sleep deprivation.
B. Bodosi, J. Gardi, I. Hajdu, É. Szentirmai +2 more
2004American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology303 citations
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Interleukin 1 alters rat sleep: temporal and dose-related effects.
M. Opp, F. Obál, J. Krueger
1991American Journal of Physiology239 citations
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GHRH and sleep.
F. Obál, J. Krueger
2004Sleep Medicine Reviews167 citations
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Growth hormone-releasing factor enhances sleep in rats and rabbits.
F. Obál, P. Alfoldi, A. Cady, L. Johannsen +2 more
1988American Journal of Physiology155 citations
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Brain organization and sleep function.
J. Krueger, F. Obál, L. Kapás, Jidong Fang
1995Behavioural Brain Research128 citations
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Sleep in mice with nonfunctional growth hormone-releasing hormone receptors.
F. Obál, J. Alt, P. Taishi, J. Gardi +1 more
2003American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology127 citations
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Corticotropin-releasing factor attenuates interleukin 1-induced sleep and fever in rabbits.
M. Opp, F. Obál, J. Krueger
1989American Journal of Physiology125 citations
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Diurnal variations of interleukin-1β mRNA and β-actin mRNA in rat brain
P. Taishi, S. Bredow, N. Guha-Thakurta, F. Obál +1 more
1997124 citations
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Humoral regulation of physiological sleep: cytokines and GHRH
J. Krueger, F. Obál, Jidong Fang
1999Journal of Sleep Research122 citations
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Inhibition of growth hormone-releasing factor suppresses both sleep and growth hormone secretion in the rat.
F. Obál, L. Payne, L. Kapás, M. Opp +1 more
1991Brain Research115 citations
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Interleukin-6 is pyrogenic but not somnogenic.
M. Opp, F. Obál, A. Cady, L. Johannsen +1 more
1989Physiology and Behavior115 citations
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Prolactin and rapid eye movement sleep regulation.
R. Roky, F. Obál, J. Valatx, S. Bredow +3 more
1995Sleep114 citations
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Intrapreoptic Microinjection of GHRH or Its Antagonist Alters Sleep in Rats
Jianyi Zhang, F. Obál, T. Zheng, Jidong Fang +2 more
1999Journal of Neuroscience103 citations Open access
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Cytokines in sleep regulation.
J. Krueger, Satoshi Takahashi, L. Kapás, S. Bredow +7 more
1995Advances in Neuroimmunology101 citations
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Brain and core temperatures and peripheral vasomotion during sleep and wakefulness at various ambient temperatures in the rat
P. Alföldi, G. Rubicsek, G. Cserni, F. Obál
1990Pflügers Archiv99 citations
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Why we sleep: a theoretical view of sleep function.
J. M. Krueger, F. Obál, Jidong Fang
1999Sleep Medicine Reviews96 citations
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Sleep-Associated Changes in Interleukin-1β mRNA in the Brain
P. Taishi, Zu-Tang Chen, F. Obál, M. K. Hansen +3 more
199890 citations
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Effects of systemic GHRH on sleep in intact and hypophysectomized rats.
F. Obál, R. Floyd, L. Kapás, B. Bodosi +1 more
1996American Journal of Physiology90 citations
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The effects of immunolesions of nerve growth factor-receptive neurons by 192 IgG-saporin on sleep.
L. Kapás, F. Obál, Adam A. Book, J. Schweitzer +2 more
1996Brain Research90 citations
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Growth hormone‐releasing hormone and interleukin‐1 in sleep regulation
James M. Krueger, F. Obál
1993The FASEB Journal90 citations
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Growth hormone-releasing hormone antibodies suppress sleep and prevent enhancement of sleep after sleep deprivation.
F. Obál, L. Payne, M. Opp, P. Alfoldi +2 more
1992American Journal of Physiology87 citations
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Ghrelin-induced sleep responses in ad libitum fed and food-restricted rats.
É. Szentirmai, I. Hajdu, F. Obál, J. Krueger
2006Brain Research85 citations
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Effects of alpha-MSH on sleep, behavior, and brain temperature: interactions with IL 1.
M. Opp, F. Obál, J. Krueger
1988American Journal of Physiology84 citations
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Prolactin, vasoactive intestinal peptide, and peptide histidine methionine elicit selective increases in REM sleep in rabbits.
F. Obál, M. Opp, A. Cady, L. Johannsen +1 more
1989Brain Research83 citations
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Somnogenic cytokines and models concerning their effects on sleep.
J. Krueger, F. Obál, M. Opp, L. Toth +2 more
1990The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine82 citations
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Sleep function.
J. Krueger, F. Obál
2003Frontiers in Bioscience78 citations Open access
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Humoral Regulation of Sleep.
J. Krueger, Jidong Fang, M. K. Hansen, Jianyi Zhang +1 more
1998News in Physiological Sciences - NIPS77 citations
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Non-rapid eye movement sleep is suppressed in transgenic mice with a deficiency in the somatotropic system.
Jianyi Zhang, F. Obál, Jidong Fang, B. J. Collins +1 more
1996Neuroscience Letters74 citations
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GHRH and IL1β increase cytoplasmic Ca2+ levels in cultured hypothalamic GABAergic neurons
A. De, L. Churchill, F. Obál, S. Simasko +1 more
200271 citations
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Sleep in host defense.
J. Krueger, J. A. Majde, F. Obál
2003Brain, behavior, and immunity61 citations
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Deficiency of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Signaling Is Associated with Sleep Alterations in the Dwarf Rat
F. Obál, Jidong Fang, P. Taishi, B. Kacsoh +2 more
2001Journal of Neuroscience61 citations Open access
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Stimulation and Inhibition of Growth Hormone Secretion by Interleukin-1β; The Involvement of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone
L. Payne, F. Obál, M. Opp, J. Krueger
199256 citations
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Capsaicin prevents histamine-induced itching.
I. Tóth-Kása, G. Jancsó, A. Bógnár, S. Husz +1 more
1986International journal of clinical pharmacology research56 citations
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Sleep, microbes and cytokines.
J. Krueger, L. Toth, R. Floyd, Jidong Fang +3 more
1994Neuroimmunomodulation52 citations
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Involvement of prolactin in the REM sleep-promoting activity of systemic vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP).
F. Obál, L. Payne, B. Kacsoh, M. Opp +3 more
1994Brain Research52 citations
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Diurnal variations of interleukin-1 beta mRNA and beta-actin mRNA in rat brain.
P. Taishi, S. Bredow, N. Guha-Thakurta, F. Obál +1 more
1997Journal of Neuroimmunology47 citations
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Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Is Reduced in Prolactin-Deficient Mice
F. Obál, F. García-García, B. Kacsoh, P. Taishi +3 more
2005Journal of Neuroscience46 citations Open access
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Central administration of the somatostatin analog octreotide induces captopril-insensitive sleep responses.
L. Beránek, I. Hajdu, János Gardi, P. Taishi +2 more
1999American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology46 citations
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Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)-induced inhibition of growth hormone secretion is associated with sleep suppression.
F. Obál, L. Kapás, János Gardi, P. Taishi +2 more
1999Brain Research40 citations
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Changes in rat sleep after single and repeated injections of the long-acting somatostatin analog octreotide.
L. Beránek, F. Obál, P. Taishi, B. Bodosi +2 more
1997American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology39 citations
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Changes in sleep in response to intracerebral injection of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IFG-1) in the rat.
F. Obál, L. Kapás, B. Bodosi, J. Krueger
1998Sleep research online : SRO38 citations
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Sleep in rats rendered chronically hyperprolactinemic with anterior pituitary grafts.
F. Obál, B. Kacsóh, S. Bredow, N. Guha-Thakurta +1 more
1997Brain Research38 citations
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Antiserum to growth hormone decreases sleep in the rat.
F. Obál, B. Bodosi, Annamaria Szilágyi, B. Kacsoh +1 more
1997Neuroendocrinology38 citations
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Intraperitoneal injection of cholecystokinin elicits sleep in rabbits.
Levente Kapás, F. Obál, M. Opp, L. Johannsen +1 more
1991Physiology and Behavior37 citations
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Sleep deprivation increases rat hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing hormone mRNA.
Jianyi Zhang, Zu-Tang Chen, P. Taishi, F. Obál +2 more
1998American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology32 citations
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Cytokine mRNA induction by interleukin-1beta or tumor necrosis factor alpha in vitro and in vivo.
P. Taishi, L. Churchill, A. De, F. Obál +1 more
2008Brain Research30 citations Open access
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Sleep Regulatory Substances
J. Krueger, F. Obál
199729 citations
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Prostaglandins E2 and D2 have little effect on rabbit sleep.
J. Krueger, L. Kapás, M. Opp, F. Obál
1992Physiology and Behavior28 citations
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