OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuron is 89. 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
Appoptosin-Mediated Caspase Cleavage of Tau Contributes to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Pathogenesis	1337
A look into the future: Your biological sex may guide chronic pain treatment	490
A hypothalamic node for the cyclical control of female sexual rejection	412
Novel approaches to clinical trial design in cancer neuroscience	365
Brain-region-specific changes in neurons and glia and dysregulation of dopamine signaling in Grin2a mutant mice	335
A brainstem circuit amplifies aversion	297
Microglia are not necessary for maintenance of blood-brain barrier properties in health, but PLX5622 alters brain endothelial cholesterol metabolism	248
Direction-selective laterodorsal thalamic nucleus encodes optic flow and turning in spatial navigation	244
The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s?	240
Deciphering enhancers of hearing loss genes for efficient and targeted gene therapy of hereditary deafness	227
Thalamic bursting and the role of timing and synchrony in thalamocortical signaling in the awake mouse	218
High-density single-unit human cortical recordings using the Neuropixels probe	211
Brainstem circuits encoding start, speed, and duration of swimming in adult zebrafish	192
Spatial navigation and memory: A review of the similarities and differences relevant to brain models and age	180
Collaterals and stroke reperfusion: Too few leads to too much	179
Cryo-EM structures of pathogenic fibrils and their impact on neurodegenerative disease research	176
Molecular and circuit determinants in the globus pallidus mediating control of cocaine-induced behavioral plasticity	176
Of pride and groom: The gains and limits of studying the neuroanatomy of rodent self-grooming in translational research	164
Rev or restrain: Mechanisms of human-specific synaptic neoteny	164
Mature enteric neurons have the capacity to reinnervate the intestine with glial cells as their guide	160
The sodium-bicarbonate cotransporter Slc4a5 mediates feedback at the first synapse of vision	156
Making sense of Timothy syndrome with 3D human neuronal models	152
ILC2 instructs neural stem and progenitor cells to potentiate neurorepair after stroke	151
Hunger modulates exploration through suppression of dopamine signaling in the tail of the striatum	151
Mono-methylation of lysine 27 at histone 3 confers lifelong susceptibility to stress	146

Spinal VGLUT3 lineage neurons drive visceral mechanical allodynia but not sensitized visceromotor reflexes	142
Time in the brain: Encoding does not mean perceiving	142
Mortimer Mishkin (1926–2021): A life of science with humility and grace	141
Molecular neuroscience community shares perspectives	138
Flexible recoding of visual input for memory storage	137
Lawrence Baruch Cohen (1939–2023)	133
Passing the baton: Information transfer between neurons enables continuity of the decision process	133
Hanna and Antonio Damasio	129
Driving valence-specific behavior through single-cell resolution control in the amygdala	128
ApoE4 makes microglia trem2bling	128
Putative cell-type-specific multiregional mode in posterior parietal cortex during coordinated visual behavior	124
Out of LINE: Transposons, genome integrity, and neurodegeneration	124
A GPI-anchored Neurexin 3 proteoform mediates dendritic inhibition	123
Single genomic enhancers drive experience-dependent GABAergic plasticity to maintain sensory processing in the adult cortex	121
TDP-43 seeding induces cytoplasmic aggregation heterogeneity and nuclear loss of function of TDP-43	120
Cortical somatostatin interneuron subtypes form cell-type-specific circuits	119
An inhibitory brainstem input to dopamine neurons encodes nicotine aversion	118
Rethinking retrosplenial cortex: Perspectives and predictions	116
Feed or breed: Hypothalamic mechanisms linking energy availability to puberty onset	115
Shear stress activates nociceptors to drive Drosophila mechanical nociception	114
New mechanisms highlight the complex relationship of Apolipoprotein E and tau pathogenesis	111
Disruption of the ATXN1-CIC complex reveals the role of additional nuclear ATXN1 interactors in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1	111
Orchestrating prefrontal cognitive control: The thalamus in command	110
Sequence variations and accessory proteins adapt TMC functions to distinct sensory modalities	109
The lateral septum returns to the center stage of brain reward	109
Stem cell sidekicks: ILC2s boost brain healing with a dash of Areg	108
The interpeduncular nucleus blunts the rewarding effect of nicotine	108
Prefrontal cortex modulation of stress by primary cilia	107
Immunoregulator multitasking in neurons is not just a WHIM	107
APOE loss of function: A genetic shield against Alzheimer’s disease	107
Threat-dependent scaling of prelimbic dynamics to enhance fear representation	105
Fibromyalgia pain may have a gut solution	105
Reconstructing a new hippocampal engram for systems reconsolidation and remote memory updating	103
Antisense drugs for rare and ultra-rare genetic neurological diseases	103
Sleep stages antagonistically modulate reactivation drift	103
Effects of α-Synuclein Immunization in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease	102
Subcellular mRNA localization and local translation of Arhgap11a in radial glial progenitors regulates cortical development	101
Conformational transitions and ligand-binding to a muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor	100
Interoception: Probing internal state is inherent to perception and cognition	100
Brain aging and rejuvenation at single-cell resolution	100
Mounting evidence suggests human adult neurogenesis is unlikely	97
An iterative neural processing sequence orchestrates feeding	97
Munc13-1 is a Ca2+-phospholipid-dependent vesicle priming hub that shapes synaptic short-term plasticity and enables sustained neurotransmission	96
Responsive deep brain stimulation guided by ventral striatal electrophysiology of obsession durably ameliorates compulsion	95
Cardiovascular baroreflex circuit moonlights in sleep control	95
Regionally mapped astrocytic responses to cortical and white matter stroke show differential roles in astrocyte-induced vascular remodeling	94
Synaptic priming: A framework for pharmacotherapy in depression	94
A parallel tonotopically arranged thalamocortical circuit for sound processing	94
A novel reticular node in the brainstem synchronizes neonatal mouse crying with breathing	94
Interaction of an α-synuclein epitope with HLA-DRB1∗15:01 triggers enteric features in mice reminiscent of prodromal Parkinson’s disease	93

Value representations: Fast and slow	93
Absence of familiarity triggers hallmarks of autism in mouse model through aberrant tail-of-striatum and prelimbic cortex signaling	92
Forming new connections: Advances in human stem-cell-derived interneuron therapy for treating epilepsy	92
A matter of space and time: Emerging roles of disease-associated proteins in neural development	92
Rostral and Caudal Ventral Tegmental Area GABAergic Inputs to Different Dorsal Raphe Neurons Participate in Opioid Dependence	91
Compartment-specific dendritic information processing in striatal cholinergic interneurons is reconfigured by peptide neuromodulation	91
Mitochondrial cannabinoid receptors gate corticosterone impact on novel object recognition	91
Targeting oxidative distress to treat chemobrain: Go with the choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid flow	91
GABAergic neuronal IL-4R mediates T cell effect on memory	90
Mechanisms of sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease	90
A small population of stress-responsive neurons in the hypothalamus-habenula circuit mediates development of depression-like behavior in mice	90
The indirect pathway of the basal ganglia promotes transient punishment but not motor suppression	90
Synapse-specific burst coding sustained by local axonal translation	90
Cannabidiol modulates excitatory-inhibitory ratio to counter hippocampal hyperactivity	89
Brain rhythms define distinct interaction networks with differential dependence on anatomy	89