David J. Mayer

15.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
141 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

David J. Mayer is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Mayer has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Physiology, 51 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 33 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David J. Mayer's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (85 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (24 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers). David J. Mayer is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (85 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (24 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers). David J. Mayer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Austria. David J. Mayer's co-authors include Donald D. Price, Jianren Mao, Linda R. Watkins, John C. Liebeskind, Ronald L. Hayes, Huda Akil, Hanan Frenk, Juan Lü, Amir Rafii and Gary J. Bennett and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David J. Mayer

134 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mechanisms of hyperalgesian and morphine tolerance: a current view of their possible interactions

1995 676 citations Jianren Mao, Donald D. Price et al. Pain profile →
Organization of Endogenous Opiate and Nonopiate Pain Control Systems

1982 670 citations Linda R. Watkins, David J. Mayer profile →
Analgesia from Electrical Stimulation in the Brainstem of the Rat

1971 595 citations David J. Mayer et al. profile →
Central nervous system mechanisms of analgesia

1976 577 citations David J. Mayer, Donald D. Price Pain profile →
Pain reduction by focal electrical stimulation of the brain: An anatomical and behavioral analysis

1974 570 citations David J. Mayer et al. Brain Research profile →
Antagonism of acupuncture analgesia in man by the narcotic antagonist naloxone

1977 504 citations David J. Mayer, Donald D. Price et al. Brain Research profile →
Antagonism of Stimulation-Produced Analgesia by Naloxone, a Narcotic Antagonist

1976 500 citations David J. Mayer et al. profile →
Evidence for the Neuropeptide Cholecystokinin as an Antagonist of Opiate Analgesia

1983 498 citations Linda R. Watkins, David J. Mayer et al. profile →
Behavioral and physiological studies of non-narcotic analgesia in the rat elicited by certain environmental stimuli

1978 360 citations Ronald L. Hayes, David J. Mayer et al. Brain Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David J. Mayer United States	56	8.8k	6.6k	2.9k	2.2k	1.5k	141	12.4k
Jürgen Sandkühler Austria	52	6.9k 0.8×	4.5k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	115	9.6k
John C. Liebeskind United States	47	5.2k 0.6×	5.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	681 0.5×	91	9.1k
Alvin J. Beitz United States	57	4.6k 0.5×	4.5k 0.7×	2.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	227	9.5k
Yves De Koninck Canada	59	5.9k 0.7×	8.0k 1.2×	4.4k 1.5×	2.2k 1.0×	962 0.7×	187	13.6k
A. Vania Apkarian United States	71	11.4k 1.3×	3.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	9.9k 4.5×	6.9k 4.7×	249	22.4k
W. Zieglgänsberger Germany	53	2.3k 0.3×	7.7k 1.2×	3.7k 1.3×	2.4k 1.1×	2.4k 1.7×	205	11.7k
Yu‐Qiu Zhang China	45	4.3k 0.5×	2.6k 0.4×	1.6k 0.6×	698 0.3×	743 0.5×	185	7.4k
Rami Burstein United States	74	7.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	739 0.5×	197	18.7k
Paavo Riekkinen Finland	55	2.8k 0.3×	4.9k 0.7×	2.5k 0.9×	3.8k 1.7×	1.4k 1.0×	318	11.5k
Richard J. Bodnar United States	59	4.4k 0.5×	6.0k 0.9×	3.4k 1.2×	995 0.5×	579 0.4×	320	11.7k

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Hunter, Roger C., et al.. (2025). NASA small spacecraft technology (SST) program: recent and upcoming technology demonstrations and development efforts. 14–14. 1 indexed citations

Cahoy, Kerri, et al.. (2022). Development and Testing of the Laser Transmitter and Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking System for the CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK) B/C Mission. 224–231. 8 indexed citations

Charlot, P., C. S. Jacobs, David Gordon, et al.. (2020). The third realization of the International Celestial Reference Frame by very long baseline interferometry. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 36 indexed citations

Titov, Oleg, J. E. J. Lovell, Lucia McCallum, et al.. (2018). Testing general relativity with geodetic VLBI. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations

Mayer, David J., Johannes Böhm, Hana Krásná, & Daniel Landskron. (2017). Tropospheric delay modelling and the celestial reference frame at radio wavelengths. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 606. A143–A143. 5 indexed citations

Lovell, J. E. J., Lucia McCallum, David J. Mayer, et al.. (2016). The AUSTRAL VLBI observing program. Journal of Geodesy. 91(7). 803–817. 11 indexed citations

Boone, Travis D., Aaron Cohen, A. Matin, et al.. (2014). E. coli AntiMicrobial Satellite (EcAMSat): Science Payload System Development and Test. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 181(S4). 1–2. 2 indexed citations

Mayer, David J., Johannes Böhm, Hana Krásná, et al.. (2011). Status quo and future plans for the Vienna VLBI Software (VieVS). EGUGA. 11239–96. 4 indexed citations

Price, Donald D., David J. Mayer, Jianren Mao, & Frank Caruso. (2000). NMDA-Receptor Antagonists and Opioid Receptor Interactions as Related to Analgesia and Tolerance. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 19(1). 7–11. 117 indexed citations

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Mao, Jianren, Donald D. Price, Juan Lü, Les Keniston, & David J. Mayer. (2000). Two distinctive antinociceptive systems in rats with pathological pain. Neuroscience Letters. 280(1). 13–16. 87 indexed citations

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Price, Donald D., et al.. (1997). The inhibition of nitric oxide-activated poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase attenuates transsynaptic alteration of spinal cord dorsal horn neurons and neuropathic pain in the rat. Pain. 72(3). 355–366. 74 indexed citations

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Mayer, David J., Jianren Mao, & Donald D. Price. (1995). The development of morphine tolerance and dependence is associated with translocation of protein kinase C. Pain. 61(3). 365–374. 178 indexed citations

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Manning, Barton H. & David J. Mayer. (1995). The central nucleus of the amygdala contributes to the production of morphine antinociception in the formalin test. Pain. 63(2). 141–152. 106 indexed citations

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Mao, Jianren, Donald D. Price, & David J. Mayer. (1995). Experimental mononeuropathy reduces the antinociceptive effects of morphine: implications for common intracellular mechanisms involved in morphine tolerance and neuropathic pain. Pain. 61(3). 353–364. 273 indexed citations

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Mao, Jianren, Donald D. Price, Ronald L. Hayes, Juan Lü, & David J. Mayer. (1992). Differential roles of NMDA and non-NMDA receptor activation in induction and maintenance of thermal hyperalgesia in rats with painful peripheral mononeuropathy. Brain Research. 598(1-2). 271–278. 209 indexed citations

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Hayes, Ronald L., Jianren Mao, Donald D. Price, et al.. (1992). Pretreatment with gangliosides reduces abnormal nociceptive responses associated with a rodent peripheral mononeuropathy. Pain. 48(3). 391–396. 41 indexed citations

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Kellstein, David E., Robert C. Coghill, Hanan Frenk, Daniel F. Bossut, & David J. Mayer. (1990). Opioid inhibition of kainic acid-induced scratching: Mediation by mu and sigma but not delta and kappa receptors. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 35(1). 1–5. 19 indexed citations

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Frenk, Hanan, Daniel F. Bossut, Gideon Urca, & David J. Mayer. (1988). Is substance P a primary afferent neurotransmitter for nociceptive input? I. Analysis of pain-related behaviors resulting from intrathecal administration of substance P and 6 excitatory compounds. Brain Research. 455(2). 223–231. 74 indexed citations

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Bossut, Daniel F., Hanan Frenk, & David J. Mayer. (1988). Is substance P a primary afferent neurotransmitter for nociceptive input? IV.2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate (APV) and [d-Pro2, d-Trp7,9]-substance P exert different effects on behaviors induced by intrathecal substance P, strychnine and kainic acid. Brain Research. 455(2). 247–253. 25 indexed citations

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Watkins, Linda R., et al.. (1984). The neurochemical basis of footshock analgesia: the role of spinal cord serotonin and norepinephrine. Brain Research. 290(1). 107–117. 33 indexed citations

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