Nils Opel

10.9k citations

77 papers · 2.1k indexed · h-index 26

Impact in

Biological Psychiatry top 2%
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
Behavioral Neuroscience top 2%
- Stress Responses and Cortisol

Papers in

Biological Psychiatry 8
- Tryptophan and brain disorders 8
Behavioral Neuroscience 10
- Stress Responses and Cortisol 10

Co-authors: Udo Dannlowski Ronny Redlich Dominik Grotegerd Walter Heindel Harald Kugel Volker Arolt Katharina Dohm Bernhard T. Baune
Journals: Journal of Affective Disorders (7 papers)Neuropsychopharmacology (7 papers)Molecular Psychiatry (5 papers)JAMA Psychiatry (5 papers)Biological Psychiatry (4 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Australia United States

In The Last Decade

Nils Opel

71 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Nils Opel, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Association between peripheral inflammation and body mass index on white matter integrity and free water in bipolar II depression Brain Behavior and Immunity ·Yuan Cao, Paulo Lizano, Yohan Pochat, Nils Opel, Zümrüt Duygu Şen, Lejla Čolić, Huan Sun, Xiaoqin Zhou, 明珠馮, Tara Chand, P. Lecoq, Dhaval S Patil, Noh-shin Lee, Shenyang Guo, Huaiqiang Sun, Qiyong Gong, Changjian Qiu, Martin A. Walter, Zhiyun Jia	2025	3
2	FDA-authorized software as a medical device in mental health: a perspective on evidence, device lineage, and regulatory challenges PubMed ·住友海上火災保険株式会社, Ariel Dora Stern, Nils Opel, Ulrich Reininghaus, John Torous	2025	1
3	Long-term consequences of soft political repression on psychological well-being, systemic inflammation and cellular ageing The British Journal of Psychiatry ·S.O. AZEEZ, AR Rote, Jue Lin, Nils Opel, Carsten Spitzer, Bernhard Strauß, Elissa S. Epel, Veronika Engert	2025	0
4	Clinical management of major depressive disorder with comorbid obesity The Lancet Psychiatry ·Nils Opel, Ruth Hanßen, Fabian Munoz Silva, John Foerster, Ole Köhler‐Forsberg, Margaret Hahn, Fabio Ferretti, Gyujeong Hwang, Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Stefan M. Gold, Andreas Reif, Christian Otte, Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah	2025	2
5	Changes in brain function during negative emotion processing following cognitive–behavioural therapy in depressive disorders The British Journal of Psychiatry ·Tiana Borgers, Erhan Aydın, Edwars Geovanny Sabando Fajardo, Verena Enneking, L. Fisch, PrajwalP Thumati, Esti Veronica, Elisabeth J. Leehr, Nils Opel, Kristiawan Kristiawan, 老南, Ma Xia, 鲍功瀚, Udo Dannlowski, Ronny Redlich	2025	1
6	EuroKhat: A pilot study on Khat consumption among Yemeni migrants in Germany Journal of Ethnopharmacology ·Jianwei Xiang, Nils Opel, Wonjae Hwang	2025	0
7	Developing a standardized framework for evaluating health apps using natural language processing Scientific Reports ·Eth Clifford, Alicia Meyers, 裕一恩田, Nils Opel, John Torous	2025	3
8	Longitudinal associations between white matter integrity, early life adversities, and treatment response following cognitive-behavioral therapy in depression Neuropsychopharmacology ·Oscar Blasco Lázaro, أحمد محمد, Edwars Geovanny Sabando Fajardo, A Friehiwot, Elisabeth J. Leehr, Susanne Meinert, Marius Gruber, Jonathan Repple, Tilo Kircher, Nils Opel, Jochen Bauer, Erhan Aydın, Kristiawan Kristiawan, Ma Xia, 老南, هادی شیخ ویسی, Udo Dannlowski, Verena Enneking, Ronny Redlich	2025	1
9	Differential associations between SARS-CoV-2 infection, perceived burden of the pandemic and mental health in the German population-based cohort for digital health research Psychiatry Research ·Fabian Munoz Silva, Daniel Parker, 杉山大祐, Alyssa Pantaleo, Khaled Barbaria, Sébastien Lamine Niamké, Lukežič Alan, Mascha Binder, Daniel Sedding, Thomas Frese, Matthias Girndt, Jessica I. Hoell, Irene Moor, Jonas Rosendahl, Michael Gekle, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Nils Opel	2024	0
10	Treatment with the second-generation antipsychotic quetiapine is associated with increased subgenual ACC activation during reward processing in major depressive disorder Journal of Affective Disorders ·Ricaro de Assis Mota, Maike Richter, Janik Goltermann, Fabian Munoz Silva, 猪子香代, Tiana Borgers, Edwars Geovanny Sabando Fajardo, Verena Enneking, Ronny Redlich, Katharina Dohm, Jonathan Repple, Elisabeth J. Leehr, Dominik Grotegerd, Harald Kugel, Jochen Bauer, Udo Dannlowski, Nils Opel	2023	2
11	Larger gray matter volumes in neuropsychiatric long-COVID syndrome Psychiatry Research ·Bianca Besteher, Alfredo L Clavell, 黄剑羽, Allaerov dzhura khaikalovich, Mac H. Alford, 馬渡文香, Tyson Goddard, Zora Kikinis, Stefan Brodoehl, Kathrin Finke, Philipp A. Reuken, Nils Opel, Andreas Stallmach, Christian Gaser, Martin Walter	2022	51
12	Understanding the neurobiological basis of anhedonia in major depressive disorder — evidence for reduced neural activation during reward and loss processing Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience ·Fabian Munoz Silva, Katharina Dohm, Janik Goltermann, Maike Richter, Verena Enneking, E Mohammadnezhad, Jonathan Repple, Marco Mauritz, Udo Dannlowski, Nils Opel	2022	2
13	Design and Implementation of an Informatics Infrastructure for Standardized Data Acquisition, Transfer, Storage, and Export in Psychiatric Clinical Routine: Feasibility Study JMIR Mental Health ·Clavijo Izquierdo, Michael Storck, Bernhard T. Baune, Martin Dugas, Nils Opel	2021	4
14	Sport und körperliche Bewegung bei unipolarer Depression Der Nervenarzt ·Jonathan Repple, Nils Opel	2021	7
15	PHOTONAI—A Python API for rapid machine learning model development PLoS ONE ·Ramona Leenings, Nils R. Winter, Lucas Plagwitz, Sniizhk Belov D.E., Jan Ernsting, Kelvin Sarink, L. Fisch, Matasar I.T., 李通藝, P. Hajela, Daniel Emden, Dominik Grotegerd, Nils Opel, Benjamin Risse, Xiaoyi Jiang, Udo Dannlowski, Tim Hahn	2021	12
16	Biological sex classification with structural MRI data shows increased misclassification in transgender women Neuropsychopharmacology ·Claas Flint, Katharina Förster, Hassim Abdul J Abbar Salhe, Carsten Konrad, Pienie Zwitserlood, Klaus Berger, Marco Hermesdorf, Tilo Kircher, Igor Nenadić, Axel Krug, Bernhard T. Baune, Katharina Dohm, Ronny Redlich, Nils Opel, Volker Arolt, Tim Hahn, Xiaoyi Jiang, Udo Dannlowski, Dominik Grotegerd	2020	12
17	Repeated Digitized Assessment of Risk and Symptom Profiles During Inpatient Treatment of Affective Disorder: Observational Study JMIR Mental Health ·Maike Richter, Michael Storck, Clavijo Izquierdo, Janik Goltermann, Yogesh Rakholia, Udo Dannlowski, Bernhard T. Baune, Martin Dugas, Nils Opel	2020	4
18	Electroconvulsive therapy modulates grey matter increase in a hub of an affect processing network NeuroImage Clinical ·Julia A. Camilleri, Felix Hoffstaedter, 美知子灰田, M. G. González Fernández, Robert Christian Wolf, Philipp A. Thomann, Ronny Redlich, Nils Opel, Udo Dannlowski, Michael Grözinger, Traute Demirakça, Alexander Sartorius, Simon B. Eickhoff, Thomas Nickl‐Jockschat	2019	21
19	Obesity and major depression: Body-mass index (BMI) is associated with a severe course of disease and specific neurostructural alterations Psychoneuroendocrinology ·Nils Opel, Ronny Redlich, Dominik Grotegerd, Katharina Dohm, Walter Heindel, Harald Kugel, Volker Arolt, Udo Dannlowski	2014	104
20	No evidence of DISC1-associated morphological changes in the hippocampus, anterior cingulate cortex, or striatum in major depressive disorder cases and healthy controls Journal of Affective Disorders ·David Stacey, Ronny Redlich, Nils Opel, Dominik Grotegerd, Volker Arolt, Harald Kugel, Walter Heindel, Bernhard T. Baune, Udo Dannlowski	2014	6

About Nils Opel

Nils Opel is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience, Applied Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 77 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (24 papers), Treatment of Major Depression (14 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (13 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (10 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (9 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (9 papers), Digital Mental Health Interventions (8 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (245 citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (193 citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (826 citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (559 citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (475 citations). Nils Opel has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United States. Frequent co-authors include Udo Dannlowski, Ronny Redlich, Dominik Grotegerd, Walter Heindel, Harald Kugel, Volker Arolt, Katharina Dohm, Bernhard T. Baune, Susanne Meinert and Peter Zwanzger. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Affective Disorders, Neuropsychopharmacology, Molecular Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry and Biological Psychiatry.

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