OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Neurobiology is 17. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Neural mechanisms of persistent aggression	277
Mosquitoes as a model for understanding the neural basis of natural behaviors	177
The multifunctionality of the brainstem breathing control circuit	122
Large brains: Big unknowns in cellular neuroscience	114
The barn owl in systems and behavioral neuroscience: Progress and promise	107
Breaking the neural code of a cnidarian: Learning principles of neuroscience from the “vulgar” Hydra	96
The role of NMDA receptor and neuroligin rare variants in synaptic dysfunction underlying neurodevelopmental disorders	91
Extending neural systems for navigation to hunting behavior	90
A computational view of short-term plasticity and its implications for E-I balance	84
Studying dominance and aggression requires ethologically relevant paradigms	71
Editorial Board	68
The avian olfactory system and hippocampus: Complementary roles in the olfactory and visual guidance of homing pigeon navigation	66
Recent advances in molecular studies on cochlear development and regeneration	62
The brain's dark transcriptome: Sequencing RNA in distal compartments of neurons and glia	61
Role of the endoplasmic reticulum in synaptic transmission	58
Astrocyte-synapse interactions during brain development	57
Parenting as a model for behavioural switches	55
Editorial overview: Evolution of brains and computation	54
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	54
Next generation behavioral sequencing for advancing pain quantification	54
Editorial Board	52
Central respiratory command and microglia: An early-life partnership	52
The epigenome under pressure: On regulatory adaptation to chronic stress in the brain	49
Dopamine control of downstream motor centers	48
Editorial Board	48

Non-REM and REM/paradoxical sleep dynamics across phylogeny	46
Network attractors and nonlinear dynamics of neural computation	46
On the dynamic and even reversible nature of Leigh syndrome: Lessons from human imaging and mouse models	46
Nanoscale organization of the pre-synapse: Tracking the neurotransmitter release machinery	44
The two-body problem: Proprioception and motor control across the metamorphic divide	44
Flexibility of memory for future-oriented cognition	44
Surprise and novelty in the brain	43
How engram mediates learning, extinction, and relapse	43
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	42
Cellular and molecular basis of drug addiction: The role of neuronal ensembles in addiction	41
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	40
A goal pointer for a cognitive map in the orbitofrontal cortex	38
Emerging X-linked genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in females	38
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	36
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	36
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	36
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	34
Neural mechanisms necessary for empathy-related phenomena across species	34
CAMK2; four genes, one syndrome? Delineation of genotype–phenotype correlations	34
Linking active sensing and spatial learning in weakly electric fish	33
Imaging dendritic spines: molecular organization and signaling for plasticity	33
The gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) as a model for early primate brain evolution	32
Biophysical models of intrinsic homeostasis: Firing rates and beyond	32
Reshaping sensory representations by task-specific brain states: Toward cortical circuit mechanisms	31
Transcription factor encoding of neuron subtype: Strategies that specify arbor pattern	31
A Goldilocks theory of cognitive control: Balancing precision and efficiency with low-dimensional control states	31
APOE signaling in neurodegenerative diseases: an integrative approach targeting APOE coding and noncoding variants for disease intervention	31
Postsynaptic signaling at glutamatergic synapses as therapeutic targets	31
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	30
Data-driven multiscale computational models of cortical and subcortical regions	30
Energetically efficient learning in neuronal networks	30
Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals	30
Glia as antigen-presenting cells in the central nervous system	30
Learning, fast and slow	30
Modulation of the dynamical state in cortical network models	30
Human reaching control in dynamic environments	30
Statistical neuroscience in the single trial limit	29
Neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychostimulant use	29
Recent insights into the role of glia and oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease gained from Drosophila	29
Regulation of synaptic nanodomain by liquid–liquid phase separation: A novel mechanism of synaptic plasticity	28
Mitochondrial control of sleep	28
A current view on Tau protein phosphorylation in Alzheimer's disease	28
Structural LTP: Signal transduction, actin cytoskeleton reorganization, and membrane remodeling of dendritic spines	28
Paying the brain's energy bill	28
Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics	28
Cortical interneuron specification and diversification in the era of big data	27
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	27
How astrocytic ATP shapes neuronal activity and brain circuits	26
The microtubule cytoskeleton of radial glial progenitor cells	26
Homeostatic plasticity and excitation-inhibition balance: The good, the bad, and the ugly	26

Sources of behavioral variability in C. elegans: Sex differences, individuality, and internal states	25
Immunobiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders	25
Intracellular signaling mechanisms that shape postsynaptic GABAergic synapses	25
Physical associations of microglia and the vascular blood-brain barrier and their importance in development, health, and disease	25
Editorial Board	24
From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	24
Immune signaling in sex-specific neural and behavioral development: Adolescent opportunity	24
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	24
Computational roles of intrinsic synaptic dynamics	24
Editorial overview: Molecular neuroscience	24
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	24
Gap junctions regulate the development of neural circuits in the neocortex	23
Genetics in hereditary spastic paraplegias: Essential but not enough	23
Editorial Board	23
Cell-type specification in the retina: Recent discoveries from transcriptomic approaches	23
Editorial Board	23
Neuroimmune dysfunction in frontotemporal dementia: Insights from progranulin and C9orf72 deficiency	23
Neural implementations of Bayesian inference	22
Environmental-temperature and internal-state dependent thermotaxis plasticity of nematodes	22
Multiple layers of spatial regulation coordinate axonal cargo transport	22
Molecular determinants of mechanosensation in the muscle spindle	22
Circuits for self-motion estimation and walking control in Drosophila	21
Right place, right time - Spatial guidance of neuronal morphogenesis by septin GTPases	21
Novel insights into Parkin-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction and neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease	21
Structural insights into gating mechanism and allosteric regulation of NMDA receptors	21
New insights from small rhythmic circuits	21
Recent research in fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome	21
Recent advances in inter-cellular interactions during neural circuit assembly	20
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	20
Orienting our view of the superior colliculus: specializations and general functions	20
Amphibian behavioral diversity offers insights into evolutionary neurobiology	20
Computational modeling of neuron–glia signaling interactions to unravel cellular and neural circuit functioning	20
Dynamical self-organization and efficient representation of space by grid cells	20
Regulatory roles of mitochondria and metabolism in neurogenesis	20
Context-dependent control of behavior in Drosophila	20
Recent advances in sleep genetics	19
Learning from inhibition: Functional roles of hippocampal CA1 inhibition in spatial learning and memory	19
Body language signals for rodent social communication	19
Jellyfish for the study of nervous system evolution and function	19
Distinct functions of ventral CA1 and dorsal CA2 in social memory	19
Metabolic defects shared by Alzheimer's disease and diabetes: A focus on mitochondria	19
Neuroimmunology of healthy brain aging	19
Expressions of emotions across species	18
Neural inhibition for continual learning and memory	18
Neuronal replacement: Concepts, achievements, and call for caution	18
SARM1 signaling mechanisms in the injured nervous system	18
Computation, wiring, and plasticity in synaptic clusters	18
Learning-dependent neuronal activity across the larval zebrafish brain	18
Building population models for large-scale neural recordings: Opportunities and pitfalls	18
Information and the single cell	18
Mechanosensitive body–brain interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans	17
PIEZO2 ion channels in proprioception	17
The facets of olfactory learning	17
Making time and space for calcium control of neuron activity	17
Navigating through the ebbs and flows of language	17
Evolution of synapses and neurotransmitter systems: The divide-and-conquer model for early neural cell-type evolution	17
Design of mechanosensory feedback during undulatory locomotion to enhance speed and stability	17
The organization of spinal neurons: Insights from single cell sequencing	17
Brains and speciation: Control of behavior	17
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	17
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	17
Experience-dependent structural plasticity of pyramidal neurons in the developing sensory cortices	17