OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Behavioural Pharmacology is 4. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Chronic caffeine decreases anxiety-like behavior in the marble burying task in adolescent rats	46
Antidepressant activity of Riparin A in murine model	22
Effort-based decision making in response to high-dose androgens: role of dopamine receptors	19
Creatine supplementation protects spatial memory and long-term potentiation against chronic restraint stress	17
Activation of mGlu2/3 receptors with the orthosteric agonist LY-404,039 alleviates dyskinesia in experimental parkinsonism	16
My memory of Paul	15
Cannabidiol on aggression in betta fish (Betta splendens)	13
The antidepressant-like activity of ketamine in the rat chronic mild stress model requires activation of cortical 5-HT1A receptors	11
Morphine-induced side effects can be differentially modulated by cannabidiol in male and female rats	11
Methodological approach: using a within-subjects design in the marble burying assay	10
Long-term follow-up of intracerebroventricular injection of streptozotocin-inducing pain sensitization	10
Hesperidin produces antidepressant effects by activating AMPA receptor: enhancing synaptic proteins to promote hippocampal neuronal activities	10
The role of lateral habenula NMDA receptors in tramadol-induced conditioning	10
D2 receptor antagonism enhances cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization in female, but not male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)	10
Isobolographic analysis of antinociceptive effect of ketorolac, indomethacin, and paracetamol after simultaneous peripheral local and systemic administration	10
Pinocembrin ameliorates depressive-like behaviors by regulating P2X7/TRL4 receptors expression in mouse hippocampus	9
Attenuation of morphine conditioned place preference and reinstatement by vitamin D	9
In memory of Dr Emily Jutkiewicz, 1975–2024	8
The effect of Psilocybe cubensis alkaloids on depressive-like behavior in mice exposed to maternal separation with respect to hippocampal gene expression and DNA methylation of Slc6a4 and Nr3c1	8
‘Only connect’: cognition meets motivation as cognitive effort to enhance models of depression	8
The role of l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel pathway in the local antinociceptive effect of berberine in the rat formalin test	8
Cannabidiol and cognition: a literature review of human randomized controlled trials	7
Pain-suppressed consumption of highly palatable liquid in rats	7
Comparing withdrawal- and anxiety-like behaviors following oral and subcutaneous oxycodone administration in C57BL/6 mice	7
Methamphetamine-induced locomotor sensitization in mice is not associated with deficits in a range of cognitive, affective and social behaviours: interaction with brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val	7

The effects of high fat diet consumption on morphine-induced constipation	6
Antidepressant-like effect of riparin I and riparin II against CUMS-induced neuroinflammation via astrocytes and microglia modulation in mice	6
Use of drug purchase tasks in medications development research: orexin system regulation of cocaine and drug demand	6
Zymosan A produces a rapid and sustained antidepressant effect in chronically stressed mice by stimulating hippocampal microglia	6
Nicotinic aspects of the discriminative stimulus effects of arecoline	5
Prenatal exposure to fluoxetine modulates emotionality and aversive memory in male and female rat offspring	5
The mGlu2/3 agonist LY379268 reduces sucrose taking, seeking, and motivation in male and female rats	5
Monlunabant suppresses appetite through a central mechanism	5
Pharmacological evaluation of lateral habenula and rostromedial tegmental nucleus in the expression of ethanol-induced place preference	5
The administration of a phentolamine infusion into the basolateral amygdala enhances long-term memory and diminishes anxiety-like behavior in stressed rats	5
Heterozygous and homozygous gene knockout of the 5-HT1B receptor have different effects on methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization	4
The complexity of socially transmitted food preferences in rodents: a model for human epistemic trust?	4
Ketamine as a pharmacological tool for the preclinical study of memory deficit in schizophrenia	4
Positive modulation of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors differentially alters spatial learning and memory in juvenile rats younger and older than three weeks	4
Additive effect of histamine and muscimol upon induction of antinociceptive and antidepressant effects in mice	4
Self-synergy antinociceptive effect of diclofenac: effect of peripheral inhibition of nitric oxide synthase	4
Chronic pharmacological activation of SERCA with CDN1163 affects spatial cognitive flexibility but not attention and impulsivity in mice	4
CB2 agonist mitigates cocaine-induced reinstatement of place preference and modulates the inflammatory response in mice	4
Effects of three tryptamines: alpha-methyltryptamine, 5-methoxy-alpha-methyltryptamine, and 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine on acute toxicity, locomotor activity, and hallucinogenic behavior in mi	4
The discriminative stimulus effects of baclofen and gamma hydroxybutyrate in C57BL/6J mice	4
Varenicline serves as the training stimulus in the drug-discriminated goal-tracking task with rats: initial evaluation of potential neuropharmacological processes	4
Propranolol attenuates the establishment of conditioned context aversions: differential effects compared to MK-801 in an animal model of anticipatory nausea and vomiting	4
The 5-HT6R agonist E-6837 and the antagonist SB-271046 reverse the psychotic-like behaviors induced by ketamine	4
Co-administration of bromocriptine and corticosterone produces short- and long-lasting reduction in intake of high-fat food in male rats	4
Effects of methylphenidate on impulsive choice and delay aversion in Lewis rats	4
Over-the-counter analgesic usage: associations with attentional biases in young women	4
Involvement of dopaminergic system in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus in modulating the orofacial pain-related behaviors in the rats	4