OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuron is 86. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Mortimer Mishkin (1926–2021): A life of science with humility and grace	1233
Molecular neuroscience community shares perspectives	522
Flexible recoding of visual input for memory storage	405
Passing the baton: Information transfer between neurons enables continuity of the decision process	392
Appoptosin-Mediated Caspase Cleavage of Tau Contributes to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Pathogenesis	344
Hanna and Antonio Damasio	322
Feed or breed: Hypothalamic mechanisms linking energy availability to puberty onset	284
Lawrence Baruch Cohen (1939–2023)	240
A GPI-anchored Neurexin 3 proteoform mediates dendritic inhibition	235
Rev or restrain: Mechanisms of human-specific synaptic neoteny	233
A look into the future: Your biological sex may guide chronic pain treatment	215
Deciphering enhancers of hearing loss genes for efficient and targeted gene therapy of hereditary deafness	201
The sodium-bicarbonate cotransporter Slc4a5 mediates feedback at the first synapse of vision	190
Making sense of Timothy syndrome with 3D human neuronal models	189
Driving valence-specific behavior through single-cell resolution control in the amygdala	187
Putative cell-type-specific multiregional mode in posterior parietal cortex during coordinated visual behavior	181
Mature enteric neurons have the capacity to reinnervate the intestine with glial cells as their guide	177
Disruption of the ATXN1-CIC complex reveals the role of additional nuclear ATXN1 interactors in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1	175
Mono-methylation of lysine 27 at histone 3 confers lifelong susceptibility to stress	167
Out of LINE: Transposons, genome integrity, and neurodegeneration	161
Collaterals and stroke reperfusion: Too few leads to too much	160
Time in the brain: Encoding does not mean perceiving	157
Of pride and groom: The gains and limits of studying the neuroanatomy of rodent self-grooming in translational research	153
Molecular and circuit determinants in the globus pallidus mediating control of cocaine-induced behavioral plasticity	152
TDP-43 seeding induces cytoplasmic aggregation heterogeneity and nuclear loss of function of TDP-43	151

A hypothalamic node for the cyclical control of female sexual rejection	147
An inhibitory brainstem input to dopamine neurons encodes nicotine aversion	146
Spinal VGLUT3 lineage neurons drive visceral mechanical allodynia but not sensitized visceromotor reflexes	145
Direction-selective laterodorsal thalamic nucleus encodes optic flow and turning in spatial navigation	144
Microglia are not necessary for maintenance of blood-brain barrier properties in health, but PLX5622 alters brain endothelial cholesterol metabolism	142
Shear stress activates nociceptors to drive Drosophila mechanical nociception	140
The population doctrine in cognitive neuroscience	139
A brainstem circuit amplifies aversion	133
Thalamic bursting and the role of timing and synchrony in thalamocortical signaling in the awake mouse	132
Brainstem circuits encoding start, speed, and duration of swimming in adult zebrafish	130
Cryo-EM structures of pathogenic fibrils and their impact on neurodegenerative disease research	129
A precise and adaptive neural mechanism for predictive temporal processing in the frontal cortex	126
High-density single-unit human cortical recordings using the Neuropixels probe	120
Cortical somatostatin interneuron subtypes form cell-type-specific circuits	119
Spatial navigation and memory: A review of the similarities and differences relevant to brain models and age	119
ILC2 instructs neural stem and progenitor cells to potentiate neurorepair after stroke	119
Rethinking retrosplenial cortex: Perspectives and predictions	115
The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s?	115
ApoE4 makes microglia trem2bling	114
Brain-region-specific changes in neurons and glia and dysregulation of dopamine signaling in Grin2a mutant mice	113
Single genomic enhancers drive experience-dependent GABAergic plasticity to maintain sensory processing in the adult cortex	113
New mechanisms highlight the complex relationship of Apolipoprotein E and tau pathogenesis	112
Perception and memory in the medial temporal lobe: Deep learning offers a new lens on an old debate	109
Prefrontal cortex modulation of stress by primary cilia	109
Stem cell sidekicks: ILC2s boost brain healing with a dash of Areg	107
APOE loss of function: A genetic shield against Alzheimer’s disease	107
Forming new connections: Advances in human stem-cell-derived interneuron therapy for treating epilepsy	106
Subcellular mRNA localization and local translation of Arhgap11a in radial glial progenitors regulates cortical development	105
The interpeduncular nucleus blunts the rewarding effect of nicotine	104
Brain aging and rejuvenation at single-cell resolution	104
Clathrin packets move in slow axonal transport and deliver functional payloads to synapses	103
Interaction of an α-synuclein epitope with HLA-DRB1∗15:01 triggers enteric features in mice reminiscent of prodromal Parkinson’s disease	103
Theory of hierarchically organized neuronal oscillator dynamics that mediate rodent rhythmic whisking	102
Munc13-1 is a Ca2+-phospholipid-dependent vesicle priming hub that shapes synaptic short-term plasticity and enables sustained neurotransmission	101
A novel reticular node in the brainstem synchronizes neonatal mouse crying with breathing	100
A role for the cerebellum in motor-triggered alleviation of anxiety	100
The lateral septum returns to the center stage of brain reward	100
Conformational transitions and ligand-binding to a muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor	99
Immunoregulator multitasking in neurons is not just a WHIM	99
Preformed Ω-profile closure and kiss-and-run mediate endocytosis and diverse endocytic modes in neuroendocrine chromaffin cells	97
Cardiovascular baroreflex circuit moonlights in sleep control	97
Sleep stages antagonistically modulate reactivation drift	95
Dynamin is primed at endocytic sites for ultrafast endocytosis	94
GABAergic neuronal IL-4R mediates T cell effect on memory	94
Targeting oxidative distress to treat chemobrain: Go with the choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid flow	93
Value representations: Fast and slow	92
Rostral and Caudal Ventral Tegmental Area GABAergic Inputs to Different Dorsal Raphe Neurons Participate in Opioid Dependence	92
Mounting evidence suggests human adult neurogenesis is unlikely	90
A matter of space and time: Emerging roles of disease-associated proteins in neural development	90
Fibromyalgia pain may have a gut solution	90

Orchestrating prefrontal cognitive control: The thalamus in command	90
Memory suppressor genes: Modulating acquisition, consolidation, and forgetting	90
Synapse-specific burst coding sustained by local axonal translation	90
A parallel tonotopically arranged thalamocortical circuit for sound processing	90
Compartment-specific dendritic information processing in striatal cholinergic interneurons is reconfigured by peptide neuromodulation	90
Ripples for recall: The hippocampus constructing the context?	90
Sequence variations and accessory proteins adapt TMC functions to distinct sensory modalities	88
Interoception: Probing internal state is inherent to perception and cognition	88
Principles of large-scale neural interactions	88
Reconstructing a new hippocampal engram for systems reconsolidation and remote memory updating	88
Antisense drugs for rare and ultra-rare genetic neurological diseases	88
The indirect pathway of the basal ganglia promotes transient punishment but not motor suppression	86
An iterative neural processing sequence orchestrates feeding	86
Mitochondrial cannabinoid receptors gate corticosterone impact on novel object recognition	86
Responsive deep brain stimulation guided by ventral striatal electrophysiology of obsession durably ameliorates compulsion	86
Circadian rhythms and mood disorders: Time to see the light	86