OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuron is 85. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Molecular and circuit determinants in the globus pallidus mediating control of cocaine-induced behavioral plasticity	1088
Shear stress activates nociceptors to drive Drosophila mechanical nociception	464
Mortimer Mishkin (1926–2021): A life of science with humility and grace	371
Molecular neuroscience community shares perspectives	346
Functional specificity of afferent connections in visual thalamus	312
Delay tactics for action in the cortex	303
Time in the brain: Encoding does not mean perceiving	293
Flexible recoding of visual input for memory storage	261
Passing the baton: Information transfer between neurons enables continuity of the decision process	238
Of pride and groom: The gains and limits of studying the neuroanatomy of rodent self-grooming in translational research	225
Appoptosin-Mediated Caspase Cleavage of Tau Contributes to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Pathogenesis	218
Hanna and Antonio Damasio	218
Feed or breed: Hypothalamic mechanisms linking energy availability to puberty onset	210
Lawrence Baruch Cohen (1939–2023)	203
Making sense of Timothy syndrome with 3D human neuronal models	181
ApoE4 makes microglia trem2bling	179
A GPI-anchored Neurexin 3 proteoform mediates dendritic inhibition	178
Rev or restrain: Mechanisms of human-specific synaptic neoteny	176
A look into the future: Your biological sex may guide chronic pain treatment	173
Out of LINE: Transposons, genome integrity, and neurodegeneration	170
Driving valence-specific behavior through single-cell resolution control in the amygdala	167
Mature enteric neurons have the capacity to reinnervate the intestine with glial cells as their guide	157
Putative cell-type-specific multiregional mode in posterior parietal cortex during coordinated visual behavior	150
Single genomic enhancers drive experience-dependent GABAergic plasticity to maintain sensory processing in the adult cortex	148
An inhibitory brainstem input to dopamine neurons encodes nicotine aversion	146

Disruption of the ATXN1-CIC complex reveals the role of additional nuclear ATXN1 interactors in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1	144
A brainstem circuit amplifies aversion	140
Cortical somatostatin interneuron subtypes form cell-type-specific circuits	137
Spatial navigation and memory: A review of the similarities and differences relevant to brain models and age	135
Mono-methylation of lysine 27 at histone 3 confers lifelong susceptibility to stress	134
A precise and adaptive neural mechanism for predictive temporal processing in the frontal cortex	133
A cortical circuit mechanism for structural knowledge-based flexible sensorimotor decision-making	132
Rapid suppression and sustained activation of distinct cortical regions for a delayed sensory-triggered motor response	132
Spinal VGLUT3 lineage neurons drive visceral mechanical allodynia but not sensitized visceromotor reflexes	131
A human colliculus-pulvinar-amygdala pathway encodes negative emotion	129
Deciphering enhancers of hearing loss genes for efficient and targeted gene therapy of hereditary deafness	126
TDP-43 seeding induces cytoplasmic aggregation heterogeneity and nuclear loss of function of TDP-43	125
Collaterals and stroke reperfusion: Too few leads to too much	120
Microglia are not necessary for maintenance of blood-brain barrier properties in health, but PLX5622 alters brain endothelial cholesterol metabolism	119
High-density single-unit human cortical recordings using the Neuropixels probe	117
Cryo-EM structures of pathogenic fibrils and their impact on neurodegenerative disease research	116
Thalamic bursting and the role of timing and synchrony in thalamocortical signaling in the awake mouse	112
Brainstem circuits encoding start, speed, and duration of swimming in adult zebrafish	111
Brain-region-specific changes in neurons and glia and dysregulation of dopamine signaling in Grin2a mutant mice	111
The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s?	110
The sodium-bicarbonate cotransporter Slc4a5 mediates feedback at the first synapse of vision	108
The population doctrine in cognitive neuroscience	107
ILC2 instructs neural stem and progenitor cells to potentiate neurorepair after stroke	106
Rethinking retrosplenial cortex: Perspectives and predictions	105
A hypothalamic node for the cyclical control of female sexual rejection	105
New mechanisms highlight the complex relationship of Apolipoprotein E and tau pathogenesis	104
Highly selective brain-to-gut communication via genetically defined vagus neurons	104
Brain aging and rejuvenation at single-cell resolution	104
Antisense drugs for rare and ultra-rare genetic neurological diseases	103
Prefrontal cortex modulation of stress by primary cilia	100
Perception and memory in the medial temporal lobe: Deep learning offers a new lens on an old debate	98
APOE loss of function: A genetic shield against Alzheimer’s disease	97
Interoception: Probing internal state is inherent to perception and cognition	96
Aligning one’s sights: The pulvinar provides context for visual information processing	96
Sleep stages antagonistically modulate reactivation drift	96
A parallel tonotopically arranged thalamocortical circuit for sound processing	96
Rostral and Caudal Ventral Tegmental Area GABAergic Inputs to Different Dorsal Raphe Neurons Participate in Opioid Dependence	95
Value representations: Fast and slow	95
The lateral septum returns to the center stage of brain reward	95
Forming new connections: Advances in human stem-cell-derived interneuron therapy for treating epilepsy	95
Targeting oxidative distress to treat chemobrain: Go with the choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid flow	95
Ripples for recall: The hippocampus constructing the context?	94
A matter of space and time: Emerging roles of disease-associated proteins in neural development	94
Interaction of an α-synuclein epitope with HLA-DRB1∗15:01 triggers enteric features in mice reminiscent of prodromal Parkinson’s disease	93
The interpeduncular nucleus blunts the rewarding effect of nicotine	93
Threat-dependent scaling of prelimbic dynamics to enhance fear representation	92
Dynamin is primed at endocytic sites for ultrafast endocytosis	91
Brain rhythms define distinct interaction networks with differential dependence on anatomy	91
An iterative neural processing sequence orchestrates feeding	91
Subcellular mRNA localization and local translation of Arhgap11a in radial glial progenitors regulates cortical development	91

Absence of familiarity triggers hallmarks of autism in mouse model through aberrant tail-of-striatum and prelimbic cortex signaling	90
Mounting evidence suggests human adult neurogenesis is unlikely	90
A small population of stress-responsive neurons in the hypothalamus-habenula circuit mediates development of depression-like behavior in mice	89
A novel reticular node in the brainstem synchronizes neonatal mouse crying with breathing	88
Clathrin packets move in slow axonal transport and deliver functional payloads to synapses	88
Munc13-1 is a Ca2+-phospholipid-dependent vesicle priming hub that shapes synaptic short-term plasticity and enables sustained neurotransmission	87
Theory of hierarchically organized neuronal oscillator dynamics that mediate rodent rhythmic whisking	86
Sequence variations and accessory proteins adapt TMC functions to distinct sensory modalities	86
Reconstructing a new hippocampal engram for systems reconsolidation and remote memory updating	85
Principles of large-scale neural interactions	85
A role for the cerebellum in motor-triggered alleviation of anxiety	85
Cannabidiol modulates excitatory-inhibitory ratio to counter hippocampal hyperactivity	85