OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuron is 87. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Mortimer Mishkin (1926–2021): A life of science with humility and grace	1186
Molecular neuroscience community shares perspectives	506
Functional specificity of afferent connections in visual thalamus	399
Flexible recoding of visual input for memory storage	378
Passing the baton: Information transfer between neurons enables continuity of the decision process	374
Appoptosin-Mediated Caspase Cleavage of Tau Contributes to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Pathogenesis	333
Hanna and Antonio Damasio	313
Feed or breed: Hypothalamic mechanisms linking energy availability to puberty onset	276
Lawrence Baruch Cohen (1939–2023)	236
A GPI-anchored Neurexin 3 proteoform mediates dendritic inhibition	232
Rev or restrain: Mechanisms of human-specific synaptic neoteny	228
A look into the future: Your biological sex may guide chronic pain treatment	222
Thalamic bursting and the role of timing and synchrony in thalamocortical signaling in the awake mouse	203
Mature enteric neurons have the capacity to reinnervate the intestine with glial cells as their guide	193
Putative cell-type-specific multiregional mode in posterior parietal cortex during coordinated visual behavior	186
A human colliculus-pulvinar-amygdala pathway encodes negative emotion	183
Spinal VGLUT3 lineage neurons drive visceral mechanical allodynia but not sensitized visceromotor reflexes	183
Disruption of the ATXN1-CIC complex reveals the role of additional nuclear ATXN1 interactors in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1	179
Mono-methylation of lysine 27 at histone 3 confers lifelong susceptibility to stress	173
Brain-region-specific changes in neurons and glia and dysregulation of dopamine signaling in Grin2a mutant mice	169
Molecular and circuit determinants in the globus pallidus mediating control of cocaine-induced behavioral plasticity	158
Driving valence-specific behavior through single-cell resolution control in the amygdala	157
Deciphering enhancers of hearing loss genes for efficient and targeted gene therapy of hereditary deafness	153
ILC2 instructs neural stem and progenitor cells to potentiate neurorepair after stroke	148
The sodium-bicarbonate cotransporter Slc4a5 mediates feedback at the first synapse of vision	147

Making sense of Timothy syndrome with 3D human neuronal models	143
Single genomic enhancers drive experience-dependent GABAergic plasticity to maintain sensory processing in the adult cortex	142
Of pride and groom: The gains and limits of studying the neuroanatomy of rodent self-grooming in translational research	141
Time in the brain: Encoding does not mean perceiving	141
Out of LINE: Transposons, genome integrity, and neurodegeneration	139
Collaterals and stroke reperfusion: Too few leads to too much	138
Cryo-EM structures of pathogenic fibrils and their impact on neurodegenerative disease research	138
ApoE4 makes microglia trem2bling	137
Shear stress activates nociceptors to drive Drosophila mechanical nociception	136
High-density single-unit human cortical recordings using the Neuropixels probe	134
Brainstem circuits encoding start, speed, and duration of swimming in adult zebrafish	129
The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s?	127
Microglia are not necessary for maintenance of blood-brain barrier properties in health, but PLX5622 alters brain endothelial cholesterol metabolism	126
TDP-43 seeding induces cytoplasmic aggregation heterogeneity and nuclear loss of function of TDP-43	125
A brainstem circuit amplifies aversion	121
An inhibitory brainstem input to dopamine neurons encodes nicotine aversion	116
Spatial navigation and memory: A review of the similarities and differences relevant to brain models and age	114
Cortical somatostatin interneuron subtypes form cell-type-specific circuits	114
A precise and adaptive neural mechanism for predictive temporal processing in the frontal cortex	112
The population doctrine in cognitive neuroscience	112
A hypothalamic node for the cyclical control of female sexual rejection	111
Rethinking retrosplenial cortex: Perspectives and predictions	111
New mechanisms highlight the complex relationship of Apolipoprotein E and tau pathogenesis	110
Prefrontal cortex modulation of stress by primary cilia	108
Perception and memory in the medial temporal lobe: Deep learning offers a new lens on an old debate	107
APOE loss of function: A genetic shield against Alzheimer’s disease	106
Preformed Ω-profile closure and kiss-and-run mediate endocytosis and diverse endocytic modes in neuroendocrine chromaffin cells	105
Stem cell sidekicks: ILC2s boost brain healing with a dash of Areg	104
Compartment-specific dendritic information processing in striatal cholinergic interneurons is reconfigured by peptide neuromodulation	104
Forming new connections: Advances in human stem-cell-derived interneuron therapy for treating epilepsy	103
Subcellular mRNA localization and local translation of Arhgap11a in radial glial progenitors regulates cortical development	102
Brain aging and rejuvenation at single-cell resolution	101
Responsive deep brain stimulation guided by ventral striatal electrophysiology of obsession durably ameliorates compulsion	100
The interpeduncular nucleus blunts the rewarding effect of nicotine	100
Mitochondrial cannabinoid receptors gate corticosterone impact on novel object recognition	100
The lateral septum returns to the center stage of brain reward	99
Targeting oxidative distress to treat chemobrain: Go with the choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid flow	99
Value representations: Fast and slow	98
Rostral and Caudal Ventral Tegmental Area GABAergic Inputs to Different Dorsal Raphe Neurons Participate in Opioid Dependence	98
Ripples for recall: The hippocampus constructing the context?	97
Memory suppressor genes: Modulating acquisition, consolidation, and forgetting	97
Absence of familiarity triggers hallmarks of autism in mouse model through aberrant tail-of-striatum and prelimbic cortex signaling	97
A matter of space and time: Emerging roles of disease-associated proteins in neural development	95
Mounting evidence suggests human adult neurogenesis is unlikely	95
Orchestrating prefrontal cognitive control: The thalamus in command	95
A parallel tonotopically arranged thalamocortical circuit for sound processing	95
Theory of hierarchically organized neuronal oscillator dynamics that mediate rodent rhythmic whisking	94
Clathrin packets move in slow axonal transport and deliver functional payloads to synapses	91
The indirect pathway of the basal ganglia promotes transient punishment but not motor suppression	91
Munc13-1 is a Ca2+-phospholipid-dependent vesicle priming hub that shapes synaptic short-term plasticity and enables sustained neurotransmission	91

Interaction of an α-synuclein epitope with HLA-DRB1∗15:01 triggers enteric features in mice reminiscent of prodromal Parkinson’s disease	90
A novel reticular node in the brainstem synchronizes neonatal mouse crying with breathing	90
Sequence variations and accessory proteins adapt TMC functions to distinct sensory modalities	89
Fibromyalgia pain may have a gut solution	89
Interoception: Probing internal state is inherent to perception and cognition	88
Reconstructing a new hippocampal engram for systems reconsolidation and remote memory updating	88
An iterative neural processing sequence orchestrates feeding	88
Sleep stages antagonistically modulate reactivation drift	87
A small population of stress-responsive neurons in the hypothalamus-habenula circuit mediates development of depression-like behavior in mice	87
A role for the cerebellum in motor-triggered alleviation of anxiety	87
Threat-dependent scaling of prelimbic dynamics to enhance fear representation	87
Cardiovascular baroreflex circuit moonlights in sleep control	87