OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Behavioural Pharmacology is 5. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
‘Reinventing the wheel’ to advance the development of pain therapeutics	26
Cannabidiol disrupts conditioned fear expression and cannabidiolic acid reduces trauma-induced anxiety-related behaviour in mice	26
Investigation of the anti-inflammatory effects of stigmasterol in mice: insight into its mechanism of action	24
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, exendin-4, reduces reinstatement of heroin-seeking behavior in rats	24
Neuroprotective effect of chronic administration of cannabidiol during the abstinence period on methamphetamine-induced impairment of recognition memory in the rats	23
The influence of the duration of chronic unpredictable mild stress on the behavioural responses of C57BL/6J mice	20
Translational models of cannabinoid vapor exposure in laboratory animals	18
Morus nigra leaves extract revokes the depressive-like behavior, oxidative stress, and hippocampal damage induced by corticosterone: a pivotal role of the phenolic syringic acid	16
Early adolescent subchronic low-dose nicotine exposure increases subsequent cocaine and fentanyl self-administration in Sprague–Dawley rats	14
Oxycodone decreases anxiety-like behavior in the elevated plus-maze test in male and female rats	13
Antinociception produced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in female vs male rats	11
TrkB agonist 7,8-dihydroxyflavone reverses an induced prepulse inhibition deficit selectively in maternal immune activation offspring: implications for schizophrenia	11
The selective 5-HT2A receptor agonist 25CN-NBOH does not affect reversal learning in mice	11
The kappa-opioid receptor agonist, nalfurafine, blocks acquisition of oxycodone self-administration and oxycodone’s conditioned rewarding effects in male rats	11
The antinociceptive mechanisms of melatonin: role of l-arginine/nitric oxide/cyclic GMP/KATP channel signaling pathway	10
TRPV1 blockers as potential new treatments for psychiatric disorders	10
Norepinephrine as a spatial memory reset signal	10
Baclofen and naltrexone, but not N-acetylcysteine, affect voluntary alcohol drinking in rats regardless of individual levels of alcohol intake	10
Tetracyclines, a promise for neuropsychiatric disorders: from adjunctive therapy to the discovery of new targets for rational drug design in psychiatry	9
Current rodent models for the study of empathic processes	9
Combined nicotine and ethanol age-dependently alter neural and behavioral responses in male rats	9
Discriminative stimulus effects of 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and structurally related synthetic cathinones	9
The aroylhydrazone INHHQ prevents memory impairment induced by Alzheimer’s-linked amyloid-β oligomers in mice	9
Cannabinoid drugs against chemotherapy-induced adverse effects: focus on nausea/vomiting, peripheral neuropathy and chemofog in animal models	9
Antinociceptive effects of minor cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids in Cannabis	8

Effects of the GluN2B antagonist, Ro 25-6981, on extinction consolidation following adolescent- or adult-onset methamphetamine self-administration in male and female rats	8
The role of glutamate receptors and their interactions with dopamine and other neurotransmitters in the development of tardive dyskinesia: preclinical and clinical results	8
Acute glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist liraglutide prevents cue-, stress-, and drug-induced heroin-seeking in rats	8
Effects of 5-HT2A receptor agonist 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine on alcohol consumption in Long–Evans rats	8
The effects of subchronic agmatine on passive avoidance memory, anxiety-like behavior and hippocampal Akt/GSK-3β in mice	7
Combined effects of mephedrone and cocaine on locomotor activity and conditioned place preference in male Sprague–Dawley rats	7
The orexin receptors in the ventral tegmental area are involved in the development of sensitization to expression of morphine-induced preference in rats	7
Altered sleep during spontaneous cannabinoid withdrawal in male mice	7
The endocannabinoid system and drug-associated contextual memories	6
Neonatal exposure to genistein affects reproductive physiology and behavior in female and male Long-Evans rats	6
Naturalistic operant responses in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) and its response to outcome manipulation and serotonergic intervention	6
No antinociceptive synergy between morphine and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in male and female rats with persistent inflammatory pain	6
Evaluation of the antidepressive property of β-hydroxybutyrate in mice	6
Effects of treadmill exercise and sex hormones on learning, memory and hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in transient congenital hypothyroid rats	6
Trait specific modulatory effects of caffeine exposure on compulsive-like behaviors in a spontaneous mouse model of obsessive-compulsive disorder	6
Roflumilast attenuates cognitive deficits in estrogen insufficient rats	6
Repeated ketamine administration induces recognition memory impairment together with morphological changes in neurons from ventromedial prefrontal cortex, dorsal striatum, and hippocampus	6
Effects of N-acetylcysteine treatment on ethanol’s rewarding properties and dopaminergic alterations in mesocorticolimbic and nigrostriatal pathways	6
Reward-enhancing effects of d-amphetamine and its interactions with nicotine were greater in female rats and persisted across schedules of reinforcement	6
Behavioral pharmacology of five novel synthetic cannabinoids	6
Positive effects of roflumilast on behavior, neuroinflammation, and white matter injury in mice with global cerebral ischemia	6
Granisetron, a selective 5-HT3 antagonist, reduces L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine-induced abnormal involuntary movements in the 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rat	5
Prenatal exposure to valproic acid and treatment with intranasal oxytocin have sex-specific effects on behavior in Long Evans rats	5
Effects of remifentanil/histamine mixtures in rats responding under a choice procedure	5
Escalating morphine dosage fails to elicit conditioned analgesia in a preclinical chronic neuropathic pain model	5
Significant association of nicotine reinforcement and cue reactivity: a translational study in humans and rats	5
Ketamine as a pharmacological tool for the preclinical study of memory deficit in schizophrenia	5
Effects of cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the elevated plus maze in mice	5
Astaxanthin engages the l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel signaling pathway toward antinociceptive effects	5
Cholinergic models of memory impairment in animals and man: scopolamine vs. biperiden	5
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine-like discriminative stimulus effects of seven cathinones in rats	5