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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Feed or breed: Hypothalamic mechanisms linking energy availability to puberty onset	1702
Molecular neuroscience community shares perspectives	781
Flexible recoding of visual input for memory storage	384
Passing the baton: Information transfer between neurons enables continuity of the decision process	352
Lawrence Baruch Cohen (1939–2023)	315
Hanna and Antonio Damasio	310
Driving valence-specific behavior through single-cell resolution control in the amygdala	299
A GPI-anchored Neurexin 3 proteoform mediates dendritic inhibition	287
Rev or restrain: Mechanisms of human-specific synaptic neoteny	226
A look into the future: Your biological sex may guide chronic pain treatment	221
Making sense of Timothy syndrome with 3D human neuronal models	214
A population approach to cortical GABAergic interneuron function	210
Spinal VGLUT3 lineage neurons drive visceral mechanical allodynia but not sensitized visceromotor reflexes	207
Mature enteric neurons have the capacity to reinnervate the intestine with glial cells as their guide	199
Direction-selective laterodorsal thalamic nucleus encodes optic flow and turning in spatial navigation	192
Appoptosin-Mediated Caspase Cleavage of Tau Contributes to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Pathogenesis	190
Out of LINE: Transposons, genome integrity, and neurodegeneration	184
Collaterals and stroke reperfusion: Too few leads to too much	183
ApoE4 makes microglia trem2bling	183
A hypothalamic node for the cyclical control of female sexual rejection	173
Runx1 transcription factor modulates opioid analgesia and withdrawal in humans and rodents	164
Deciphering enhancers of hearing loss genes for efficient and targeted gene therapy of hereditary deafness	161
Secreted GPNMB enhances uptake of fibrillar alpha-synuclein in a non-cell-autonomous process that can be blocked by anti-GPNMB antibodies	160
Microglia are not necessary for maintenance of blood-brain barrier properties in health, but PLX5622 alters brain endothelial cholesterol metabolism	156
PV interneurons gate sex-specific winner effects	156

Novel approaches to clinical trial design in cancer neuroscience	155
Single genomic enhancers drive experience-dependent GABAergic plasticity to maintain sensory processing in the adult cortex	150
Low-intensity focused ultrasound to human amygdala reveals a causal role in ambiguous emotion processing and alters local and network activity	150
Shear stress activates nociceptors to drive Drosophila mechanical nociception	147
TDP-43 seeding induces cytoplasmic aggregation heterogeneity and nuclear loss of function of TDP-43	147
A brainstem circuit amplifies aversion	142
The sodium-bicarbonate cotransporter Slc4a5 mediates feedback at the first synapse of vision	142
Unraveling the interaction between stress and genetic risk in psychiatric disorders: Challenges, mechanisms, and new advances	140
Putative cell-type-specific multiregional mode in posterior parietal cortex during coordinated visual behavior	138
Hunger modulates exploration through suppression of dopamine signaling in the tail of the striatum	134
Thalamic bursting and the role of timing and synchrony in thalamocortical signaling in the awake mouse	133
Rethinking retrosplenial cortex: Perspectives and predictions	131
Molecular and circuit determinants in the globus pallidus mediating control of cocaine-induced behavioral plasticity	131
Synthetic serum markers enable noninvasive monitoring of gene expression in primate brains	131
High-density single-unit human cortical recordings using the Neuropixels probe	129
Mono-methylation of lysine 27 at histone 3 confers lifelong susceptibility to stress	129
CLN3 mediates chloride efflux from lysosomes	128
Brainstem circuits encoding start, speed, and duration of swimming in adult zebrafish	127
Movement-stabilized three-dimensional optical recordings of membrane potential changes and calcium dynamics in hippocampal CA1 dendrites	125
Disruption of the ATXN1-CIC complex reveals the role of additional nuclear ATXN1 interactors in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1	125
Cryo-EM structures of pathogenic fibrils and their impact on neurodegenerative disease research	124
ILC2 instructs neural stem and progenitor cells to potentiate neurorepair after stroke	123
An inhibitory brainstem input to dopamine neurons encodes nicotine aversion	120
The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s?	120
Spatial navigation and memory: A review of the similarities and differences relevant to brain models and age	118
Brain-region-specific changes in neurons and glia and dysregulation of dopamine signaling in Grin2a mutant mice	117
Cortical somatostatin interneuron subtypes form cell-type-specific circuits	115
Orchestrating prefrontal cognitive control: The thalamus in command	114
Cardiovascular baroreflex circuit moonlights in sleep control	113
Stem cell sidekicks: ILC2s boost brain healing with a dash of Areg	113
Deletion of SPI1 in microglia exacerbates amyloid pathology by impairing microglial response in Alzheimer’s disease models	112
Compartment-specific dendritic information processing in striatal cholinergic interneurons is reconfigured by peptide neuromodulation	112
New mechanisms highlight the complex relationship of Apolipoprotein E and tau pathogenesis	110
Antisense drugs for rare and ultra-rare genetic neurological diseases	110
Interaction of an α-synuclein epitope with HLA-DRB1∗15:01 triggers enteric features in mice reminiscent of prodromal Parkinson’s disease	109
Immunoregulator multitasking in neurons is not just a WHIM	108
Fibromyalgia pain may have a gut solution	107
Now you recall it, now you don’t: Working memory performance fluctuates with a theta rhythm	106
Theory of hierarchically organized neuronal oscillator dynamics that mediate rodent rhythmic whisking	105
Gut-brain cholinergic signaling mediates the antiseizure effects of Bacteroides fragilis	104
Reconstructing a new hippocampal engram for systems reconsolidation and remote memory updating	103
Cannabidiol modulates excitatory-inhibitory ratio to counter hippocampal hyperactivity	102
Forming new connections: Advances in human stem-cell-derived interneuron therapy for treating epilepsy	101
The interpeduncular nucleus blunts the rewarding effect of nicotine	100
Threat-dependent scaling of prelimbic dynamics to enhance fear representation	97
Mitochondrial cannabinoid receptors gate corticosterone impact on novel object recognition	97
Regionally mapped astrocytic responses to cortical and white matter stroke show differential roles in astrocyte-induced vascular remodeling	96
Sleep stages antagonistically modulate reactivation drift	96
Dynamin is primed at endocytic sites for ultrafast endocytosis	96
Interoception: Probing internal state is inherent to perception and cognition	96

APOE loss of function: A genetic shield against Alzheimer’s disease	94
Principles of large-scale neural interactions	91
A parallel tonotopically arranged thalamocortical circuit for sound processing	90
Intestinal interoception: A nexus of environment-body-brain interactions	90
Brain aging and rejuvenation at single-cell resolution	90
Responsive deep brain stimulation guided by ventral striatal electrophysiology of obsession durably ameliorates compulsion	90
Sequence variations and accessory proteins adapt TMC functions to distinct sensory modalities	89
The indirect pathway of the basal ganglia promotes transient punishment but not motor suppression	89
The lateral septum returns to the center stage of brain reward	88
CB1R and GlyT2 interaction in spinal glycinergic circuits drives neuropathic mechanical pain	87
Targeting oxidative distress to treat chemobrain: Go with the choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid flow	87
Value representations: Fast and slow	86