OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Behavioural Pharmacology 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Chronic caffeine decreases anxiety-like behavior in the marble burying task in adolescent rats	27
Effort-based decision making in response to high-dose androgens: role of dopamine receptors	20
Cannabidiol on aggression in betta fish (Betta splendens)	18
Activation of mGlu2/3 receptors with the orthosteric agonist LY-404,039 alleviates dyskinesia in experimental parkinsonism	16
Creatine supplementation protects spatial memory and long-term potentiation against chronic restraint stress	13
My memory of Paul	13
Morphine-induced side effects can be differentially modulated by cannabidiol in male and female rats	12
Long-term follow-up of intracerebroventricular injection of streptozotocin-inducing pain sensitization	12
The role of lateral habenula NMDA receptors in tramadol-induced conditioning	11
D2 receptor antagonism enhances cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization in female, but not male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)	11
Hesperidin produces antidepressant effects by activating AMPA receptor: enhancing synaptic proteins to promote hippocampal neuronal activities	10
Methodological approach: using a within-subjects design in the marble burying assay	10
The antidepressant-like activity of ketamine in the rat chronic mild stress model requires activation of cortical 5-HT1A receptors	10
Isobolographic analysis of antinociceptive effect of ketorolac, indomethacin, and paracetamol after simultaneous peripheral local and systemic administration	10
‘Only connect’: cognition meets motivation as cognitive effort to enhance models of depression	9
In memory of Dr Emily Jutkiewicz, 1975–2024	8
The role of l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel pathway in the local antinociceptive effect of berberine in the rat formalin test	7
Attenuation of morphine conditioned place preference and reinstatement by vitamin D	7
Pinocembrin ameliorates depressive-like behaviors by regulating P2X7/TRL4 receptors expression in mouse hippocampus	7
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	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	6
Gut–brain axis and depression: focus on the amino acid and short-chain fatty acid metabolism	6
Comparing withdrawal- and anxiety-like behaviors following oral and subcutaneous oxycodone administration in C57BL/6 mice	6
Cannabidiol and cognition: a literature review of human randomized controlled trials	6
Pain-suppressed consumption of highly palatable liquid in rats	6

Use of drug purchase tasks in medications development research: orexin system regulation of cocaine and drug demand	5
Pharmacological evaluation of lateral habenula and rostromedial tegmental nucleus in the expression of ethanol-induced place preference	5
Psilocybin inhibits formalin-induced nociception through 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A receptor in rats	5
The 5-HT6R agonist E-6837 and the antagonist SB-271046 reverse the psychotic-like behaviors induced by ketamine	5
Zymosan A produces a rapid and sustained antidepressant effect in chronically stressed mice by stimulating hippocampal microglia	5
The effects of high fat diet consumption on morphine-induced constipation	5
The administration of a phentolamine infusion into the basolateral amygdala enhances long-term memory and diminishes anxiety-like behavior in stressed rats	5
Monlunabant suppresses appetite through a central mechanism	5
Antidepressant-like effect of riparin I and riparin II against CUMS-induced neuroinflammation via astrocytes and microglia modulation in mice	5
The mGlu2/3 agonist LY379268 reduces sucrose taking, seeking, and motivation in male and female rats	5
Prenatal exposure to fluoxetine modulates emotionality and aversive memory in male and female rat offspring	5
Additive effect of histamine and muscimol upon induction of antinociceptive and antidepressant effects in mice	4
CB2 agonist mitigates cocaine-induced reinstatement of place preference and modulates the inflammatory response in mice	4
Co-administration of bromocriptine and corticosterone produces short- and long-lasting reduction in intake of high-fat food in male rats	4
Chronic pharmacological activation of SERCA with CDN1163 affects spatial cognitive flexibility but not attention and impulsivity in mice	4
Involvement of dopaminergic system in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus in modulating the orofacial pain-related behaviors in the rats	4
Varenicline serves as the training stimulus in the drug-discriminated goal-tracking task with rats: initial evaluation of potential neuropharmacological processes	4
Self-synergy antinociceptive effect of diclofenac: effect of peripheral inhibition of nitric oxide synthase	4
Heterozygous and homozygous gene knockout of the 5-HT1B receptor have different effects on methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization	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
Ketamine as a pharmacological tool for the preclinical study of memory deficit in schizophrenia	4
Effects of methylphenidate on impulsive choice and delay aversion in Lewis rats	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 complexity of socially transmitted food preferences in rodents: a model for human epistemic trust?	4
The discriminative stimulus effects of baclofen and gamma hydroxybutyrate in C57BL/6J mice	4
Immunization with a low dose of zymosan A confers resistance to depression-like behavior and neuroinflammatory responses in chronically stressed mice	3
Procognitive effects of methyl 2-amino-3-methoxybenzoate (or daopine) may involve the dorsal striatal anthranilic acid pathway and mutimetabolite-multitarget pharmacology	3
Effect of Alcea aucheri (Bioss.) Alef extract against scopolamine-induced memory impairment in rats	3
Over-the-counter analgesic usage: associations with attentional biases in young women	3
Propranolol blocks the unconditioned and conditioned hyperactive effects of methamphetamine in CD-1 mice	3
SKF82958, a dopamine D1 receptor agonist, disrupts prepulse inhibition in the medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens in C57BL/6J mice	3
Valproic acid triggers a sex-independent autism-like deficits, gut-brain axis, and neurodegenerative changes in the autism model of Wistar rats	3
The effects of curcumin in learning and memory impairment associated with hypothyroidism in juvenile rats: the role of nitric oxide, oxidative stress, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor	3
Resveratrol improves ovariectomy and chronic restraint stress-induced depression-like behaviors in mice through brain-derived neurotrophic factor associated structural synaptic remodeling	3
D2-like dopamine receptors blockade within the dentate gyrus shows a greater effect on stress-induced analgesia in the tail-flick test compared to D1-like dopamine receptors	3
Alcohol consumption and preference in female rats induced by reward downshift reveals sex generality of the modulatory role of physical activity	3
Preclinical comparison of antinociceptive effects between ibuprofen, diclofenac, naproxen, and acetaminophen on acid-stimulated body stretching and acid-depressed feeding behaviors in rats	3
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	3
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor of the central amygdala modulates the ethanol-induced tolerance to anxiolysis and withdrawal-induced anxiety in male rats	3
Involvement of GABAA receptors of lateral habenula in the acquisition and expression phases of morphine-induced place preference in male rats	3
Multigenerational effects of paternal spatial training are lasting in the F1 and F2 male offspring	3
Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2–associated changes in pharmacokinetics, locomotor function and peripheral glutamic acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid levels during acute alcohol intoxication in male mice	3
Altered sleep during spontaneous cannabinoid withdrawal in male mice	3