OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Neurobiology is 43. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Physical Exercise as a Modulator of Vascular Pathology and Thrombin Generation to Improve Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury	228
Targeted Inhibition of Upregulated Sodium-Calcium Exchanger in Rat Inferior Colliculus Suppresses Alcohol Withdrawal Seizures	177
Correction: Advanced Immunolabeling Method for Optical Volumetric Imaging Reveals Dystrophic Neurites of Dopaminergic Neurons in Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Brain	152
Targeting of MALT1 May Improve Functional Recovery and Attenuate Microglia M1 Polarization-Mediated Neuroinflammation During Spinal Cord Injury	125
Neuroprotective Effect of Vitamin D on Behavioral and Oxidative Parameters of Male and Female Adult Wistar Rats Exposed to Mancozeb (manganese/zinc ethylene bis-dithiocarbamate)	117
PPARγ Dysfunction in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Mediates High-Fat Diet-Induced Depression	115
Helicid Alleviates Neuronal Apoptosis of Rats with Depression-Like Behaviors by Downregulating lncRNA-NONRATT030918.2	102
Ablated Sonic Hedgehog Signaling in the Dentate Gyrus of the Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampus Impairs Hippocampal-Dependent Memory Tasks and Emotion in a Rat Model of Depression	98
Astrocytic Extracellular Vesicles Regulated by Microglial Inflammatory Responses Improve Stroke Recovery	96
Environmental Deprivation Effects on Myelin Ultrastructure in Huntington Disease and Wildtype Mice	84
Brain Immune Cell Infiltration and Serum Metabolomic Characteristics Reveal that Lauric Acid Promotes Immune Cell Infiltration in Brain and Streptococcus suis Meningitis in Mice	79
Metformin and Trehalose-Modulated Autophagy Exerts a Neurotherapeutic Effect on Parkinsonʼs Disease	78
Integration of Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomic Data Reveals Spatial Architecture and Potential Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease	78
Glucose may Contribute to Retrieval and Reconsolidation of Contextual Fear Memory Through Hippocampal Nr4a3 and Bdnf mRNA Expression and May Act Synergically with Adrenaline	76
Progranulin Promotes Functional Recovery in Rats with Acute Spinal Cord Injury via Autophagy-Induced Anti-inflammatory Microglial Polarization	74
Deletion of Small GTPase H-Ras Rescues Memory Deficits and Reduces Amyloid Plaque-Associated Dendritic Spine Loss in Transgenic Alzheimer’s Mice	73
The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase TRAF6 Interacts with the Cellular Prion Protein and Modulates Its Solubility and Recruitment to Cytoplasmic p62/SQSTM1-Positive Aggresome-Like Structures	73
Inflammation and Nitro-oxidative Stress as Drivers of Endocannabinoid System Aberrations in Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia	67
Non-invasive Biomarkers for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease: a New-Age Perspective	63
High Mobility Group Box Protein (HMGB1): A Potential Therapeutic Target for Diabetic Encephalopathy	60
Par6 Enhances Glioma Invasion by Activating MEK/ERK Pathway Through a LIN28/let-7d Positive Feedback Loop	58
Potential Risks of Minoxidil in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma: A Commentary on Safety Concerns and Mechanisms	57
Topotecan Reduces Neuron Death after Spinal Cord Injury by Suppressing Caspase-1-Dependent Pyroptosis	57
Transcription Factor TFAP2B Exerts Neuroprotective Effects Targeting BNIP3-Mediated Mitophagy in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury	57
Upregulation of NLRP3 Inflammasome in Specific Hippocampal Regions: Strengthening the Link Between Neuroinflammation and Selective Vulnerability in Alzheimer’s Disease	56

Oral Supplementation of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (n-3-PUFA) Can Prevent TBI-Induced Visual, Motor, and Emotional Deficits in Mice	56
A New Approach for Exploring Reperfusion Brain Damage in Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy	55
Phenserine Mitigates Neuroinflammation, Apoptosis, and Behavioural Deficits to Enhance Motor Function and Recovery in a Mouse Model of Spinal Cord Injury	54
Dermorphin [D-Arg2, Lys4] (1–4) Amide Attenuates Burn Pain by Inhibiting TRPV1/NR2B Mediated Neuroinflammatory Signalling	48
Impaired Synaptic Plasticity Mediated by Decreased GLUT1 in Hippocampal Astrocytes is Involved in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly Mice	47
Complicated Role of Post-translational Modification and Protease-Cleaved Fragments of Tau in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Tauopathies	46
Meta-analysis of the Selected Genetic Variants in Immune-Related Genes and Multiple Sclerosis Risk	46
Effects of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes in Central Nervous System Diseases	46
Efficacy of stem cell secretome in the treatment of traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical studies	45
The Antioxidative, Anti-inflammatory and Anti-apoptotic Effects of Tetrapleura Tetraptera (Aidan) Ethanol Leaf Extract in the Brain of Wistar Rats Exposed to Aspartame	45
RNF216 Alleviates Radiation-Induced Apoptosis and DNA Damage Through Regulating Ubiquitination-Mediated Degradation of p53 in Glioblastoma	45
Sevoflurane Offers Neuroprotection in a Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Rat Model Through the E2F1/EZH2/TIMP2 Regulatory Axis	45
Evaluating the Genetic Role of Circadian Clock Genes in Parkinson’s Disease	44
The Role of Ion-Transporting Proteins on Crosstalk Between the Skeletal Muscle and Central Nervous Systems Elicited by Physical Exercise	44
Activating MC4R Promotes Functional Recovery by Repressing Oxidative Stress-Mediated AIM2 Activation Post-spinal Cord Injury	44
Identification of Potential Intervention Targets Involved in Prior Exercise that Attenuates Peripheral Neuropathic Pain by Integrating Transcriptome and Whole-genome Bisulfite Sequencing Analyses	44
Polypeptide-PNP2 in Corn Cervi Pantotrichum Ameliorates Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer’s Disease Mice by Inhibiting Microglial Cell Activation	43
Role of Peptidylarginine Deiminase 4 in Central Nervous System Diseases	43
Autophagy Inhibition Reduces Irradiation-Induced Subcortical White Matter Injury Not by Reducing Inflammation, but by Increasing Mitochondrial Fusion and Inhibiting Mitochondrial Fission	43