OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Brain Research is 26. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Astrocytes in heavy metal neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration	67
Contribution of astrocytes to neuropathology of neurodegenerative diseases	63
NLRP3 and NLRP1 inflammasomes are up-regulated in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and may contribute to overexpression of caspase-1 and IL-β in sclerotic hippocampi	53
Factors influencing the blood-brain barrier permeability	47
The role of oxytocin in alcohol and drug abuse	45
Ferritin reduction is essential for cerebral ischemia-induced hippocampal neuronal death through p53/SLC7A11-mediated ferroptosis	44
Comparison of high-dose intracisterna magna and lumbar puncture intrathecal delivery of AAV9 in mice to treat neuropathies	44
Efficient neuronal targeting and transfection using RVG and transferrin-conjugated liposomes	42
Motivation and reward mechanisms in health behavior change processes	41
Potential ethical problems with human cerebral organoids: Consciousness and moral status of future brains in a dish	34
Amelioration of acrylamide induced neurotoxicity by benzo[b]thiophene analogs via glutathione redox dynamics in zebrafish larvae	34
Quercetin reverses chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression-like behavior in vivo by involving nuclear factor-E2-related factor 2	33
Complex network analysis of MCI-AD EEG signals under cognitive and resting state	32
Elderberry diet ameliorates motor function and prevents oxidative stress-induced cell death in rat models of Huntington disease	32
Therapeutic modulation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3K) pathway in cerebral ischemic injury	32
Repeated psychosocial stress causes glutamic acid decarboxylase isoform-67, oxidative-Nox-2 changes and neuroinflammation in mice: Prevention by treatment with a neuroactive flavonoid, morin	32
Astragaloside IV prevents Aβ1-42 oligomers-induced memory impairment and hippocampal cell apoptosis by promoting PPARγ/BDNF signaling pathway	31
Deficiency of NEAT1 prevented MPP+-induced inflammatory response, oxidative stress and apoptosis in dopaminergic SK-N-SH neuroblastoma cells via miR-1277-5p/ARHGAP26 axis	31
Depletion of gut microbiota is associated with improved neurologic outcome following traumatic brain injury	31
Is there a special relationship between complex I activity and nigral neuronal loss in Parkinson’s disease? A critical reappraisal	30
MRI detection of impairment of glymphatic function in rat after mild traumatic brain injury	30
Baicalein ameliorates ischemic brain damage through suppressing proinflammatory microglia polarization via inhibiting the TLR4/NF-κB and STAT1 pathway	29
Resveratrol exerts anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory actions and prevents oxaliplatin-induced mechanical and thermal allodynia	28
Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion activates AIM2 and NLRP3 inflammasome	27
Curcumin-loaded nanoemulsion improves haemorrhagic stroke recovery in wistar rats	26

Dynorphin and its role in alcohol use disorder	26
Targeted Augmentation of Nuclear Gene Output (TANGO) of Scn1a rescues parvalbumin interneuron excitability and reduces seizures in a mouse model of Dravet Syndrome	26
LncRNA-MIAT promotes neural cell autophagy and apoptosis in ischemic stroke by up-regulating REDD1	26
Dendrobium nobile Lindl alkaloid and metformin ameliorate cognitive dysfunction in senescence-accelerated mice via suppression of endoplasmic reticulum stress	26
Identify abnormal functional connectivity of resting state networks in Autism spectrum disorder and apply to machine learning-based classification	26
Endocannabinoid system alterations in Alzheimer’s disease: A systematic review of human studies	26