OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Brain Behavior and Immunity is 53. 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
Editorial board	1272
Response to comment on: Fibroblast-derived PI16 sustains inflammatory pain via regulation of CD206+ myeloid cells	279
Obesity and immune challenge modulate the willingness to expend effort for reward	207
Though shall not pass: Blocking lymphocytes from recirculating to the gut as a potential therapeutic approach for autism	188
War, Ukraine, Russia, scientist, boycott and support	184
PNIRS Society Announcements	181
Waiting for Godot: Progress in the measurement of human neuroinflammation with existing tools	171
Monkeypox outbreaks and global health emergency declaration: Can such declarations influence public interest in the disease?	142
Food allergy elicits behavioral and neurological pathologies via central histaminergic dysregulation	112
Adaptive/innate immunity balance in a complex social world	112
Probiotics and Parkinson's disease: A long way to go!	108
Associations of sleep duration, quality, and timing with infection risk in female and male adults	98
J147 is Effective in prevention of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in a rat model	93
Train your T cells: How skeletal muscles and T cells keep each other fit during aging	92
Queries regarding retrospective study design and the recruitment of people with psychiatric disorders	91
Effects of anti-inflammatory drug treatment on psychological and bodily sickness symptoms during experimental endotoxemia: A randomized controlled study in healthy volunteers	89
The impact of a murine coronavirus in a neuron-glial co-culture system: LRRK2 mutation and neurodegeneration	89
COVID-19 vaccination refusal among college students: Global trends and action priorities	87
Early neutrophil trajectory following clozapine may predict clozapine response – Results from an observational study using electronic health records	87
Greater executive dysfunction in patients post-COVID-19 compared to those not infected	84
Depressive symptoms predict antibody titers after a second dose of the SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine among hospital workers in Japan	84
Differences in Emotional Awareness Moderate Cytokine-Symptom Associations Among Breast Cancer Survivors	84
A rapidly progressive multiple system atrophy-cerebellar variant model presenting marked glial reactions with inflammation and spreading of α-synuclein oligomers and phosphorylated α-synuclein aggrega	82
Editorial Board	80
Epigenetic priming by stress and a sarin analog in response to LPS in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness	78

Chronic stress decreases IgA secretion and its pIgR-mediated transport in lung of BALB/c mice	75
Dependence of fasting-induced hypothalamic anti-inflammatory microglia mechanisms on adrenal glucocorticoid secretion	74
Immunometabolism perturbations in post-COVID-19 condition: interleukin-6 and monoamine oxidase interactions drive neuropsychiatric syndromes	71
Beneficial and adverse effects of THC on cognition in the HIV-1 transgenic rat model: Importance of exploring task- and sex-dependent outcomes	71
Can catastrophes be opportunities? A randomized clinical trial testing a brief mindset intervention for reducing inflammation and depression following COVID-19	70
Mutation S139N on Zika virus prM protein shifts immune response from Asian to contemporary strain	69
Loss of sodium leak channel (NALCN) in the ventral dentate gyrus impairs neuronal activity of the glutamatergic neurons for inflammation-induced depression in male mice	66
Comment regarding: “COVID-19 vaccination may enhance hippocampal neurogenesis in adults”	65
Prefrontal microglia deficiency during adolescence disrupts adult cognitive functions and synaptic structures: A follow-up study in female mice	65
Effect of modernized collaborative care for depression on depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease risk biomarkers: eIMPACT randomized controlled trial	64
Regional brain structural alterations in reward and salience networks in asthma	64
Resolving neuroinflammatory and social deficits in ASD model mice: Dexmedetomidine downregulates NF-κB/IL-6 pathway via α2AR	64
Pathophysiology, blood biomarkers, and functional deficits after intimate partner violence-related brain injury: Insights from emergency department patients and a new rat model	64
Variation in infant rhesus monkeys’ (Macaca mulatta) neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with environmental conditions, emotionality, and cortisol concentrations, and predicts disease-related	62
Nod2 deficiency exacerbates schizophrenia-related alterations in offspring of maternal immune activation in a sex-dependent manner	62
A systematic approach to identify gaps in neuroimmunology: TNF-α and fear learning deficits, a worked example	62
Opening KATP channels induces inflammatory tolerance and prevents chronic pain	60
Inflammatory markers, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and the symptomatic course of adolescent bipolar disorder: A prospective repeated-measures study	60
Electrical stimulation of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus in male mice can regulate inflammation without affecting the heart rate	59
Irisin reprograms microglia through activation of STAT6 and prevents cognitive dysfunction after surgery in mice	57
The association of maternal COVID-19-infection during pregnancy on the neonatal immune profile and associations with later diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders	57
Neuroinflammation in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) as assessed by [11C]PBR28 PET correlates with vascular disease measures	57
Excess body weight and specific types of depressive symptoms: Is there a mediating role of systemic low-grade inflammation?	57
The link between post-traumatic stress disorder and systemic lupus erythematosus	57
Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 3 activation promotes sociability and regulates transcripts important for anxiolytic-like behavior	56
Response Letter to “Cumulative infection burden, cognitive impairment and dementia”	56
Author reply: Improving the validity of studies on the relationship between social health and immunity of older adults	56
Choroid plexus volume is increased in mood disorders and associates with circulating inflammatory cytokines	55
Metformin reprograms tryptophan metabolism via gut microbiome-derived bile acid metabolites to ameliorate depression-Like behaviors in mice	53
Comprehensive immunoprofiling of neurodevelopmental disorders suggests three distinct classes based on increased neurogenesis, Th-1 polarization or IL-1 signaling	53