OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Neurobiology is 16. 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
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	150
Editorial Board	139
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	127
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	94
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	91
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	85
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	80
The visual evoked potential is a sensitive and powerful measure of experience-dependent visual cortical plasticity in mice	71
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	70
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	65
Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals	64
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	63
Surprise and novelty in the brain	61
Trans-synaptic functions of non-canonical ionotropic glutamate receptors in circuit wiring and plasticity	60
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates	60
Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide regulation of gut immunity	55
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	55
From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	54
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	53
Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory	48
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	48
Setting the stage for statistical learning? Sensitivity to environmental statistics in early sensory processing	47
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	46
New insights into axonal regulators of dopamine transmission in health and disease	46
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	44

Dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods	42
Mechanisms of NMDA receptor regulation	42
The superior colliculus: New insights into an evolutionarily ancient structure	41
The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species	40
Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects	39
Release your inhibitions: The cell biology of GABAergic postsynaptic plasticity	37
Oligodendrocyte-derived transcellular signaling regulates axonal energy metabolism	36
Store-operated Ca2+ entry regulates neuronal gene expression and function	36
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong	36
Modulation of hippocampal plasticity in learning and memory	35
Ready or not: Neural mechanisms regulating female sexual behavior	35
On the targeting of voltage-gated calcium channels to neurotransmitter release sites	34
“Arc – A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity”	34
Statistical regularities and the sensory consequences of self-action: A multi-species, multi-modal perspective	33
Ecological decision-making: From circuit elements to emerging principles	33
Single-cell technology grows up: Leveraging high-resolution omics approaches to understand neurodevelopmental disorders	33
Local regulation of striatal dopamine: A diversity of circuit mechanisms for a diversity of behavioral functions?	33
The role of moonlighting proteins in neurogenesis	32
Locomotor efference copy signaling and gaze control: An evolutionary perspective	32
Current and emerging methods for probing neuropeptide transmission	31
Cell biology of Parkinson's disease: Mechanisms of synaptic, lysosomal, and mitochondrial dysfunction	31
Cajal-retzius cells: Recent advances in identity and function	31
Secretases in Alzheimer's disease: Novel insights into proteolysis of APP and TREM2	31
Building and modifying diverse synaptic properties: Insights from Drosophila	31
Spinal sensory innervation of the intestine	30
Arkypallidal neurons in basal ganglia circuits: Unveiling novel pallidostriatal loops?	30
Publisher’s Note	30
Genetic advances and translational phenotypes in rodent models for Tourette disorder	30
“Neural correlates of social signaling in rodents: An acoustic perspective”	30
Novel therapeutics in development for the treatment of stimulant-use disorder	30
Targeting B cell dysregulation with emerging therapies in autoimmune demyelinating disorders	29
Cardiac vagal motor neurons	29
Microbial regulation of interoception	29
Understanding collective behavior through neurobiology	28
Representational drift: Emerging theories for continual learning and experimental future directions	28
The role of the gut-brain axis in bariatric surgery	28
Phase separation in the multi-compartment organization of synapses	28
Punctuated evolution of visual cortical circuits? Evidence from the large rodent Dasyprocta leporina, and the tiny primate Microcebus murinus	27
Roles of ANK2/ankyrin-B in neurodevelopmental disorders: Isoform functions and implications for autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy	27
Redefining stroke rehabilitation: Mobilizing the embodied goal-oriented brain	26
Neural-circuit architecture underlying non-image-forming visual functions	26
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of human cortical connectivity	26
Dynamic functional connectivity in the static connectome of Caenorhabditis elegans	26
Polyglutamine diseases	26
Transcriptomic evidence for dense peptidergic networks within forebrains of four widely divergent tetrapods	26
The microtubule cytoskeleton of radial glial progenitor cells	25
CaMKII mechanisms that promote pathological LTP impairments	25
Editorial overview: Evolution of brains and computation	25
Neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychostimulant use	25
Postsynaptic signaling at glutamatergic synapses as therapeutic targets	25

Molecular programs specifying properties and plasticity of parvalbumin interneuron innervation	25
Targeted cravings: Unraveling the drivers of nutrient-specific appetite	25
Human reaching control in dynamic environments	24
Next generation behavioral sequencing for advancing pain quantification	24
A Goldilocks theory of cognitive control: Balancing precision and efficiency with low-dimensional control states	24
Central regulation of cardio-behavioral responses: Circuit engagement during aversive emotional states	24
How astrocytic ATP shapes neuronal activity and brain circuits	23
Dopamine control of downstream motor centers	23
Toward a multidisciplinary neurobiology of interoception and mental health	23
Structural insights into gating mechanism and allosteric regulation of NMDA receptors	22
On the dynamic and even reversible nature of Leigh syndrome: Lessons from human imaging and mouse models	22
Genetics in hereditary spastic paraplegias: Essential but not enough	22
Editorial Board	22
Chemogenetic and optogenetic tools revolutionizing the study of astrocytes in memory	22
Computational role of sleep in memory reorganization	22
Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics	22
Activity-dependent splicing: A game changer for proteome remodeling in the brain	22
Design of mechanosensory feedback during undulatory locomotion to enhance speed and stability	22
Jellyfish for the study of nervous system evolution and function	21
Connecting the dots in ethology: applying network theory to understand neural and animal collectives	21
Renal interoception: form, function, and open questions	21
Brains and speciation: Control of behavior	21
Memorability reflects statistical regularities of the environment	21
The different roles of learning recent and accumulative statistics	21
Circuits for self-motion estimation and walking control in Drosophila	20
PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) and Parkin: Unlocking a mitochondrial quality control pathway linked to Parkinson's disease	20
Evolution of synapses and neurotransmitter systems: The divide-and-conquer model for early neural cell-type evolution	20
Multilevel visuomotor control of locomotion in Drosophila	20
Editorial Board	20
Immunobiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders	20
Gut-brain communication: Functional anatomy of vagal afferents	20
Querying hippocampal replay with subcortical inputs	19
Evolution of sensory systems	19
Toward the explainability, transparency, and universality of machine learning for behavioral classification in neuroscience	19
Mechanical transmission at spine synapses: Short-term potentiation and working memory	19
How radial glia progenitor lineages generate cell-type diversity in the developing cerebral cortex	19
RAN proteins in neurodegenerative disease: Repeating themes and unifying therapeutic strategies	19
Leaving flatland: Advances in 3D behavioral measurement	18
The influence of ovarian hormones on the putative mechanisms that promote female nicotine use	18
Signatures of task learning in neural representations	18
Spike timing-dependent plasticity and memory	18
The power of human stem cell-based systems in the study of neurodevelopmental disorders	17
Editorial Board	17
Diversity and specificity in location-based signaling outputs of neuronal GPCRs	17
GBA mutations, glucosylceramide and Parkinson's disease	17
Neuroinflammation and COVID-19	17
Principles of neural stem cell lineage progression: Insights from developing cerebral cortex	17
Dendrites and efficiency: Optimizing performance and resource utilization	17
Publisher’s Note	17
Editorial Board	17
New insights and therapeutic opportunities for progranulin-deficient frontotemporal dementia	17
Editorial overview: Systems neuroscience	17
Cortical contribution to visuomotor coordination in locomotion and reaching	17
Consciousness without cortex	16
Mitochondrial regulation of local supply of energy in neurons	16
Protein mechanism and therapeutic design in Parkinson's disease: A structural biology perspective	16
Cells, pathways, and models in dyskinesia research	16
TRP channels in thermosensation	16
CA2 physiology underlying social memory	16
Bioengineering tools for next-generation neural organoids	16
Aging impact on amyloid precursor protein neuronal trafficking	16