OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Brain Behavior and Immunity is 54. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial board	245
Response to comment on: Fibroblast-derived PI16 sustains inflammatory pain via regulation of CD206+ myeloid cells	226
Obesity and immune challenge modulate the willingness to expend effort for reward	224
Though shall not pass: Blocking lymphocytes from recirculating to the gut as a potential therapeutic approach for autism	152
Food allergy elicits behavioral and neurological pathologies via central histaminergic dysregulation	130
Associations of sleep duration, quality, and timing with infection risk in female and male adults	125
J147 is Effective in prevention of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in a rat model	124
Queries regarding retrospective study design and the recruitment of people with psychiatric disorders	117
The impact of a murine coronavirus in a neuron-glial co-culture system: LRRK2 mutation and neurodegeneration	113
Effects of anti-inflammatory drug treatment on psychological and bodily sickness symptoms during experimental endotoxemia: A randomized controlled study in healthy volunteers	108
Comment regarding: “COVID-19 vaccination may enhance hippocampal neurogenesis in adults”	106
Editorial Board	99
Epigenetic priming by stress and a sarin analog in response to LPS in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness	98
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	97
Chronic stress decreases IgA secretion and its pIgR-mediated transport in lung of BALB/c mice	97
Dependence of fasting-induced hypothalamic anti-inflammatory microglia mechanisms on adrenal glucocorticoid secretion	93
Variation in infant rhesus monkeys’ (Macaca mulatta) neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with environmental conditions, emotionality, and cortisol concentrations, and predicts disease-related	93
Depressive symptoms predict antibody titers after a second dose of the SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine among hospital workers in Japan	93
The paradoxical protective effect of chronic stress on advanced Alzheimer’s disease pathology	91
Early neutrophil trajectory following clozapine may predict clozapine response – Results from an observational study using electronic health records	88
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	86
Nod2 deficiency exacerbates schizophrenia-related alterations in offspring of maternal immune activation in a sex-dependent manner	83
Cytokines, Somatosensory Functioning, and Psychological Distress in Post-Breast Cancer Surgery Pain: A longitudinal study	82
Immunometabolism perturbations in post-COVID-19 condition: interleukin-6 and monoamine oxidase interactions drive neuropsychiatric syndromes	82
Astrocytic FKBP5 regulates neuroinflammation and cognitive outcomes in male mouse models of excitotoxic epilepsy	81

Mutation S139N on Zika virus prM protein shifts immune response from Asian to contemporary strain	80
Adaptive/innate immunity balance in a complex social world	80
Monkeypox outbreaks and global health emergency declaration: Can such declarations influence public interest in the disease?	79
Effect of modernized collaborative care for depression on depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease risk biomarkers: eIMPACT randomized controlled trial	79
Beneficial and adverse effects of THC on cognition in the HIV-1 transgenic rat model: Importance of exploring task- and sex-dependent outcomes	79
The association of maternal COVID-19-infection during pregnancy on the neonatal immune profile and associations with later diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders	77
Train your T cells: How skeletal muscles and T cells keep each other fit during aging	75
A systematic approach to identify gaps in neuroimmunology: TNF-α and fear learning deficits, a worked example	75
Differences in Emotional Awareness Moderate Cytokine-Symptom Associations Among Breast Cancer Survivors	74
Opening KATP channels induces inflammatory tolerance and prevents chronic pain	74
Prefrontal microglia deficiency during adolescence disrupts adult cognitive functions and synaptic structures: A follow-up study in female mice	71
Can catastrophes be opportunities? A randomized clinical trial testing a brief mindset intervention for reducing inflammation and depression following COVID-19	71
Regional brain structural alterations in reward and salience networks in asthma	70
Greater executive dysfunction in patients post-COVID-19 compared to those not infected	70
The link between post-traumatic stress disorder and systemic lupus erythematosus	67
Neuroinflammation in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) as assessed by [11C]PBR28 PET correlates with vascular disease measures	66
Irisin reprograms microglia through activation of STAT6 and prevents cognitive dysfunction after surgery in mice	65
Excess body weight and specific types of depressive symptoms: Is there a mediating role of systemic low-grade inflammation?	65
Pathophysiology, blood biomarkers, and functional deficits after intimate partner violence-related brain injury: Insights from emergency department patients and a new rat model	65
Resolving neuroinflammatory and social deficits in ASD model mice: Dexmedetomidine downregulates NF-κB/IL-6 pathway via α2AR	64
Tumor–Macrophage–Nerve interactions drive neuroinflammation and neuropathic pain in prostate cancer perineural invasion	64
Neuroimmune crosstalk in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders and the impact of antiretroviral therapy	60
Author reply: Improving the validity of studies on the relationship between social health and immunity of older adults	60
Electrical stimulation of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus in male mice can regulate inflammation without affecting the heart rate	60
The role of the microglial phagocytic receptor, MerTK, in ELA-induced changes in excitatory synapses and behavior	59
Inverse associations between plasma docosahexaenoic acid and pTau181 in the preclinical stages of Alzheimer’s disease	59
Stress and inflammatory biology among adolescents	58
Comprehensive immunoprofiling of neurodevelopmental disorders suggests three distinct classes based on increased neurogenesis, Th-1 polarization or IL-1 signaling	56
Factors associated with inflammatory cytokines in family caregivers of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients	56
Latent classes of adverse childhood experiences and changes in inflammation across middle age among urban-dwelling adults	54
Influenza infection promotes relapse and exacerbates CNS pathology in a murine model of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis	54