OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Progress in Neurobiology is 15. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Opposing effects of nicotine on hypothalamic arcuate nucleus POMC and NPY neurons	222
Editorial Board	201
Signal peptide peptidase-like 2b modulates the amyloidogenic pathway and exhibits an Aβ-dependent expression in Alzheimer's disease	109
Loss of TDP-43 promotes somatic CAG repeat expansion in Huntington’s disease knock-in mice	100
Uncovering and leveraging the return of voluntary motor programs after paralysis using a bi-cortical neuroprosthesis	96
Social odors drive hippocampal CA2 place cell responses to social stimuli	87
NEIL3 shapes hippocampal network dynamics and fear memory through modulation of PV+ interneurons	79
Voltage-gated calcium channels contribute to spontaneous glutamate release directly via nanodomain coupling or indirectly via calmodulin	72
Perceptual hue, lightness, and chroma are represented in a multidimensional functional anatomical map in macaque V1	71
Editorial Board	69
Trigeminal nerve stimulation restores hippocampal dopamine deficiency to promote cognitive recovery in traumatic brain injury	69
Editorial Board	66
Stress-induced heme metabolic disorder in peripheral B cells contributes to depressive-like behaviors in male mice	66
Stimulus-driven rivalry among V1 neurons	60
Immune response in retinal degenerative diseases – Time to rethink?	50
A common neural code for representing imagined and inferred tastes	47
Pax3 induces target-specific reinnervation through axon collateral expression of PSA-NCAM	45
Injury to thalamocortical projections following traumatic brain injury results in attractor dynamics for cortical networks	45
Editorial Board	45
Manipulation of radixin phosphorylation in the nucleus accumbens core modulates risky choice behavior	45
Control of goal-directed and inflexible actions by dorsal striatal melanocortin systems, in coordination with the central nucleus of the amygdala	45
Loss of glycine receptors in the nucleus accumbens and ethanol reward in an Alzheimer´s Disease mouse model	43
ERO1A inhibition mitigates neuronal ER stress and ameliorates UBQLN2ALS phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster	42
A molecularly defined orbitofrontal cortical neuron population controls compulsive-like behavior, but not inflexible choice or habit	42
Editorial Board	41

Corrigendum to “Anatomo-functional organization of insular networks: From sensory integration to behavioral control” [Prog. Neurobiol. 247 (2025) 102748]	40
Glycine and glycine transport control dendritic excitability and spiking	39
Adverse and compensatory neurophysiological slowing in Parkinson’s disease	38
The role of N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptors in Alzheimer’s disease: From pathophysiology to therapeutic approaches	38
A tradeoff between efficiency and robustness in the hippocampal-neocortical memory network during human and rodent sleep	37
Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals ECM remodeling-tumor stiffness-FAK as a key driver of vestibular schwannoma progression	36
Partial reprogramming by cyclical overexpression of Yamanaka factors improves pathological phenotypes of tauopathy mouse model of human Alzheimer's disease	36
Decoding stress granules dynamics: Implications for neurodegenerative disease	36
The hippocampus, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and episodic and semantic memory	35
Mesoscale organization of ventral and dorsal visual pathways in macaque monkey revealed by 7T fMRI	35
Astrocytic AT1R deficiency ameliorates Aβ-induced cognitive deficits and synaptotoxicity through β-arrestin2 signaling	34
Microproteins encoded by short open reading frames: Vital regulators in neurological diseases	34
The multifaceted role of the CXC chemokines and receptors signaling axes in ALS pathophysiology	34
The Celsr3-Kif2a axis directs neuronal migration in the postnatal brain	34
NPTX2 transfection improves synaptic E/I balance and performance in learning impaired aged rats	33
Calcium plays an essential role in early-stage dendrite injury detection and regeneration	33
Traumatic brain injury recapitulates developmental changes of axons	32
Extracellular vesicles as reconfigurable therapeutics for eye diseases: Promises and hurdles	32
The omnipresence of autonomic modulation in health and disease	32
The neurobiology of major depressive disorder: Updates and perspectives from proteomics	31
Astrocytic EphB3 receptors regulate d-serine-gated synaptic plasticity and memory	31
Macaque monkeys and humans sample temporal regularities in the acoustic environment	30
Editorial Board	29
Switching state to engage and sustain attention: Dynamic synchronization of the frontoparietal network	29
Npas4 drives the effects of early social isolation on social behaviors and prefrontal parvalbumin neurons	28
Inhibiting the JAK-STAT3 pathway in nucleus accumbens astrocytes alleviates cocaine-induced motor hyperactivity	26
Editorial Board	26
Distinct Layer 6b transcriptomic subtypes parcellate the cortical mantle	26
Cortical connectivity is embedded in resting state at columnar resolution	26
Neuroimmune interactions and immunoengineering strategies in peripheral nerve repair	26
The fasciola cinereum subregion of the hippocampus is important for the acquisition of visual contextual memory	26
Alterations of synaptic plasticity in Angelman syndrome model mice are rescued by 5-HT7R stimulation	25
Neuronal threshold functions: Determining symptom onset in neurological disorders	25
Neuronal activity and NIBS in developmental myelination and remyelination – Current state of knowledge	25
The low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 (LRP1) in Schwann cells controls mitochondria homeostasis in peripheral nerves	24
Mutant FUS induces chromatin reorganization in the hippocampus and alters memory processes	24
The hippocampal formation as a hierarchical generative model supporting generative replay and continual learning	24
Editorial Board	23
Atypical connectome topography and signal flow in temporal lobe epilepsy	22
Optogenetic stimulation of CA3 pyramidal neurons restores synaptic deficits to improve spatial short-term memory in APP/PS1 mice	22
Editorial Board	22
Anatomo-functional organization of insular networks: From sensory integration to behavioral control	22
Configuration-sensitive face-body interactions in primate visual cortex	22
Transient beta activity and cortico-muscular connectivity during sustained motor behaviour	21
Ketamine administration during adolescence impairs synaptic integration and inhibitory synaptic transmission in the adult dentate gyrus	21
Negative effects of brain regulatory T cells depletion on epilepsy	21
Effects of oxytocin receptor ligands on anxiogenic-like effect, social avoidance and changes on medial prefrontal cortex oxytocin receptor expression evoked by chronic social defeat stress in rats	21
Editorial Board	21
Regulation of sociability by the cortico-habenula pathway in an animal model of depression	20
Astrocytic GluN2A alleviates sleep deprivation-induced elevation of Aβ through regulating neprilysin and AQP4 via the calcineurin/NFAT pathway	19

Macaque V1 responses to 2nd-order contrast-modulated stimuli and the possible subcortical and cortical contributions	19
Editorial Board	19
Causal manipulation of gaze-following in the macaque temporal cortex	18
Recurrent de novo single point variant on the gene encoding Na+/K+ pump results in epilepsy	18
Multiple dimensions of syntactic structure are resolved earliest in posterior temporal cortex	18
Circadian medicine for aging attenuation and sleep disorders: Prospects and challenges	18
Ten simple rules to study distractor suppression	18
Emerging role of astrocytes in oxytocin-mediated control of neural circuits and brain functions	18
Editorial Board	18
Kv1.1 channels inhibition in the rat motor cortex recapitulates seizures associated with anti-LGI1 encephalitis	17
Lateralized visuotopic organization in the macaque superior colliculus revealed by fMRI	17
Editorial Board	16
Face pareidolia minimally engages macaque face selective neurons	16
Editorial Board	16
Expanding the stimulus domain: Co-occurrence of motion and body-category selectivity in the macaque ventral STS	16
Pathogenic oligomeric Tau alters neuronal RNA processes through the formation of nuclear heteromeric amyloids with RNA-binding protein Musashi1	16
Visualization of differential GPCR crosstalk in DRD1-DRD2 heterodimer upon different dopamine levels	16
Analogous cognitive strategies for tactile learning in the rodent and human brain	16
Editorial Board	16
The role of TREM2 in myelin sheath dynamics: A comprehensive perspective from physiology to pathology	15
Islet amyloid polypeptide triggers α-synuclein pathology in Parkinson’s disease	15
Editorial Board	15
Maladaptive reorganization following SCI: The role of body representation and multisensory integration	15
Tau promotes oxidative stress-associated cycling neurons in S phase as a pro-survival mechanism: Possible implication for Alzheimer’s disease	15
The role of altered translation in intellectual disability and epilepsy	15
Digging into the intrinsic capacity concept: Can it be applied to Alzheimer’s disease?	15