OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Neuropathology is 3. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

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Associations of late‐life blood pressure with CERAD, Braak, and Thal: Findings from the National Alzheimer's coordinating center neuropathology dataset	15
Cerebellar liponeurocytoma: clinical, histopathological and molecular features of a series of three cases, including one recurrent tumor	14
The neostriatum in polyglutamine diseases: preferential decreases in large neurons in dentatorubral‐pallidoluysian atrophy and Machado‐Joseph disease and in small neurons in Huntington dise	13
Exophytic cerebellopontine angle tumor showing mostly an embryonal appearance with H3‐3A K27M	13
Neurolymphomatosis in follicular lymphoma: an autopsy case report	13
A case of “genetically defined” radiation‐induced glioma: 29 years after surgery and radiation for pilocytic astrocytoma	13
Concurrent intraventricular intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumor and ependymoma in a long‐term Ewing sarcoma survivor	12
Ribosomal protein SA is a common component of neuronal intranuclear inclusions in polyglutamine diseases and Marinesco bodies	10
Effectiveness of radiation therapy on brain invasion by human papillomavirus‐related multiphenotypic sinonasal carcinoma: A case report	10
Erdheim‐Chester disease of brain parenchyma without any systemic involvement: A case report and review of literature	9
Elevated expression of N‐myc downstream regulated gene 1 protein in glioblastomas reflects tumor angiogenesis and poor patient prognosis	9
The clinical and neuropathological picture of adult neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease with no radiological abnormality	9
Ependymoma‐like tumor with mesenchymal differentiation (ELTMD) with ZFTA:NCOA1 fusion: A diagnostic challenge	8
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Simple and clear differentiation of spinocerebellar degenerations: Overview of macroscopic and low‐power view findings	8
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An autopsy case of amyloid angiopathy‐related cerebellar hemorrhage	8
The predominance of “astrocytic” intranuclear inclusions in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease manifesting encephalopathy‐like symptoms: A case series with brain biopsy	7
Polymerized Type I Collagen With Polyvinylpyrrolidone Reduces Fibrosis and Improves Nerve Organization and Myelination After Peripheral Nerve Injury	7
Unveiling primary intracranial eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis: A rare case report and diagnostic dilemmas	7
A comparison of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in the cerebellum and CAA‐positive occipital lobe of 60 brains from routine autopsies	7
Engeletin ameliorates sevoflurane‐induced cognitive impairment by activating PPAR‐gamma in neonatal mice	7
Blood–brain barrier dysfunction in multiple system atrophy: A human postmortem study	7

A case of CIC‐rearranged sarcoma with CIC‐LEUTX gene fusion in spinal cord	6
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A case of childhood unilateral relapsing primary angiitis of the central nervous system	6
Fukutin regulates tau phosphorylation and synaptic function: Novel properties of fukutin in neurons	6
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Radiologic–pathologic association of tumor‐like lesions with inflammation in cerebral white matter: Comparison of two cases with distinct clinical outcomes	6
Balamuthia mandrillarisamoebic encephalitis mimicking tuberculous meningitis	5
Early ultrastructural lesions of anti‐neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody‐ versus complement‐associated vasculitis	5
Possible association of limbic tau pathology with psychosis or behavioral disturbances: Studies of two autopsied psychiatric patients	5
Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification with a heterozygous missense variant (c.902C>T/p.P307L) in SLC20A2 showing widespread cerebrovascular lesions	5
Somatic mosaicism of the PI3K‐AKT‐MTOR pathway is associated with hemimegalencephaly in fetal brains	5
Malignancy arising in adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma: Report of a rare case with unusual morphologic features	5
Supratentorial multifocal gliomas associated with Ollier disease harboring IDH1 R132H mutation: A case report	5
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Senile plaque calcification of the lamina circumvoluta medullaris in Alzheimer's disease	5
MYCN amplification in spinal ependymoma: A five‐year retrospective study	5
Neuropilin‐1 enhances temozolomide resistance in glioblastoma via the STAT1/p53/p21 axis	5
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Documented growth of an intracranial capillary hemangioma: A case report	5
Coexisting lipomatous meningioma and glioblastoma in Cowden syndrome: A unique tumor association	5
Central nervous tissue in ovarian mature teratoma: A neuropathological study of 101 resected tumors	5
NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor ameliorates ischemic stroke by reprogramming the phenotype of microglia/macrophage in a murine model of distal middle cerebral artery occlusion	4
Multiple Neuropathologies Underly Hippocampal Subfield Atrophy in a Case With a Slowly Progressive Amnestic Syndrome: Challenging the Notion of Pure LATE‐NC	4
FOXM1‐mediated NUF2 expression confers temozolomide resistance to human glioma cells by regulating autophagy via the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling path	4
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Japanese Society of Neuropathology Award 2021	4
Autophagic vacuolar myopathy involving the phenotype of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3	4
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An autopsy case of adult‐onset neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease with perivascular preservation in cerebral white matter	4
Primary Rosai‐Dorfman disease of the central nervous system: A clinical, histological, and molecular appraisal	4
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Usefulness of intraoperative rapid immunohistochemistry in the surgical treatment of brain tumors	3
Primary central nervous system extranodal NK/T‐cell lymphoma, nasal type with CD20 expression: Case report and review of the literature	3
Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes arising from the internal auditory canal of an adult: Illustrative case with molecular investigations	3
Diffuse Lewy body disease presenting as Parkinson's disease with progressive aphasia	3
Polyglucosan body disease in an aged chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)	3
Unexpected postmortem diagnoses in cases of clinically diagnosed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	3
Calcifying pseudoneoplasms of the neuraxis (CAPNON). A case report	3
Tufted astrocyte‐like glia in two autopsy cases of multiple system atrophy: Is it a concomitant neurodegenerative disorder with multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy?	3
A case of Epstein–Barr virus‐associated smooth muscle tumor of the posterior interosseous nerve mimicking schwannoma	3
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Alzheimer's Disease With Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis: A Clinicopathological Study of Autopsy Cases	3
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Repeated recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage may be involved in cerebral amyloid angiopathy‐related inflammation: An autopsy case	3
Usefulness of intraoperative rapid flow cytometry in the surgical treatment of brain tumors	3
Acute respiratory failure caused by brainstem demyelinating lesions in an older patient with an atypical relapsing autoimmune disorder	3

Comments on an autopsy case of progressive supranuclear palsy treated with monoclonal antibody against tau	3
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with speech apraxia, predominant upper motor neuron signs, and prominent iron accumulation in the frontal operculum and precentral gyrus	3
Four‐repeat tauopathies and late‐onset psychiatric disorders: Etiological relevance or incidental findings?	3
A case of intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumor with EWSR1:CREM fusion in an adult female: Extensive immunohistochemical evaluation	3
Intravascular large B‐cell lymphoma affecting multiple cranial nerves: A histopathological study	3
Corticobasal degeneration with visual hallucination as an initial symptom: A case report	3
Pathology for severe inflammatory PML with PD1/PD‐L1 expression of favorable prognosis: What's a prognostic factor for PML‐IRIS?	3
Glioblastoma and malignant melanoma: Serendipitous or anticipated association?	3
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Gliosarcoma with unusual glial components: Two case reports	3
A case of myxopapillary ependymoma with predominant giant cell morphology: A rare entity with comprehensive genomic profiling and review of literature	3