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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	177
Editorial Board	164
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	160
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	119
Editorial Board	104
Surprise and novelty in the brain	101
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	85
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	75
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	73
The visual evoked potential is a sensitive and powerful measure of experience-dependent visual cortical plasticity in mice	70
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	67
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	66
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	61
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	59
Dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods	57
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	57
Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory	56
New insights into axonal regulators of dopamine transmission in health and disease	50
From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	49
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates	46
What are the functions of primary visual cortex (V1)?	46
Trans-synaptic functions of non-canonical ionotropic glutamate receptors in circuit wiring and plasticity	46
The human brain: Medicine’s last frontier	43
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	42
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	42

Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	42
Mechanisms of NMDA receptor regulation	42
Setting the stage for statistical learning? Sensitivity to environmental statistics in early sensory processing	40
Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide regulation of gut immunity	40
Release your inhibitions: The cell biology of GABAergic postsynaptic plasticity	39
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong	39
“Arc – A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity”	38
Modulation of hippocampal plasticity in learning and memory	38
How to discover novel genes that cause Parkinson’s disease	38
Oligodendrocyte-derived transcellular signaling regulates axonal energy metabolism	37
Ready or not: Neural mechanisms regulating female sexual behavior	37
Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects	37
The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species	36
The superior colliculus: New insights into an evolutionarily ancient structure	36
Local regulation of striatal dopamine: A diversity of circuit mechanisms for a diversity of behavioral functions?	35
Ecological decision-making: From circuit elements to emerging principles	35
Statistical regularities and the sensory consequences of self-action: A multi-species, multi-modal perspective	34
On the targeting of voltage-gated calcium channels to neurotransmitter release sites	34
Single-cell technology grows up: Leveraging high-resolution omics approaches to understand neurodevelopmental disorders	33
Cajal-retzius cells: Recent advances in identity and function	33
Current and emerging methods for probing neuropeptide transmission	33
Building and modifying diverse synaptic properties: Insights from Drosophila	33
Cell biology of Parkinson's disease: Mechanisms of synaptic, lysosomal, and mitochondrial dysfunction	33
Arkypallidal neurons in basal ganglia circuits: Unveiling novel pallidostriatal loops?	32
The role of moonlighting proteins in neurogenesis	32
Novel therapeutics in development for the treatment of stimulant-use disorder	31
Locomotor efference copy signaling and gaze control: An evolutionary perspective	31
“Neural correlates of social signaling in rodents: An acoustic perspective”	30
Understanding collective behavior through neurobiology	29
Mechanisms of proteostasis in neuronal development and plasticity	29
The role of the gut-brain axis in bariatric surgery	29
Phase separation in the multi-compartment organization of synapses	28
Targeting B cell dysregulation with emerging therapies in autoimmune demyelinating disorders	28
Representational drift: Emerging theories for continual learning and experimental future directions	27
Genetic advances and translational phenotypes in rodent models for Tourette disorder	27
Microbial regulation of interoception	27
Spinal sensory innervation of the intestine	27
Cardiac vagal motor neurons	27
Transcriptional control of brain sex differentiation in Diptera	27
Editorial overview: Molecular neuroscience	26
Corrigendum to “New insights into axonal regulators of dopamine transmission in health and disease” [Curr Op Neurobiol 94 (2025) 103093]	26
Redefining stroke rehabilitation: Mobilizing the embodied goal-oriented brain	25
Roles of ANK2/ankyrin-B in neurodevelopmental disorders: Isoform functions and implications for autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy	25
CaMKII mechanisms that promote pathological LTP impairments	25
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of human cortical connectivity	24
Postsynaptic signaling at glutamatergic synapses as therapeutic targets	24
The Enterarchon: An ancient visceral brain	24
Neural-circuit architecture underlying non-image-forming visual functions	24
Toward a multidisciplinary neurobiology of interoception and mental health	23
Dopamine control of downstream motor centers	23

How astrocytic ATP shapes neuronal activity and brain circuits	23
Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics	23
A Goldilocks theory of cognitive control: Balancing precision and efficiency with low-dimensional control states	23
Next generation behavioral sequencing for advancing pain quantification	22
Human reaching control in dynamic environments	22
Neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychostimulant use	22
Targeted cravings: Unraveling the drivers of nutrient-specific appetite	21
Central regulation of cardio-behavioral responses: Circuit engagement during aversive emotional states	21
Memorability reflects statistical regularities of the environment	21
Molecular programs specifying properties and plasticity of parvalbumin interneuron innervation	21
The microtubule cytoskeleton of radial glial progenitor cells	21
Design of mechanosensory feedback during undulatory locomotion to enhance speed and stability	20
Multilevel visuomotor control of locomotion in Drosophila	20
Circuits for self-motion estimation and walking control in Drosophila	19
Structural insights into gating mechanism and allosteric regulation of NMDA receptors	19
The different roles of learning recent and accumulative statistics	19
Computational role of sleep in memory reorganization	19
Immunobiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders	19
Renal interoception: form, function, and open questions	19
Jellyfish for the study of nervous system evolution and function	19
Editorial Board	19
Gut-brain communication: Functional anatomy of vagal afferents	19
Querying hippocampal replay with subcortical inputs	18
Signatures of task learning in neural representations	18
Spike timing-dependent plasticity and memory	18
Neuroinflammation and COVID-19	18
How radial glia progenitor lineages generate cell-type diversity in the developing cerebral cortex	18
Editorial Board	18
Chemogenetic and optogenetic tools revolutionizing the study of astrocytes in memory	18
Mechanical transmission at spine synapses: Short-term potentiation and working memory	18
Activity-dependent splicing: A game changer for proteome remodeling in the brain	18
Understanding the contribution of toxicant exposures to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias	18
The power of human stem cell-based systems in the study of neurodevelopmental disorders	18
Editorial Board	18
The influence of ovarian hormones on the putative mechanisms that promote female nicotine use	18
Editorial Board	17
Protein mechanism and therapeutic design in Parkinson's disease: A structural biology perspective	17
Diversity and specificity in location-based signaling outputs of neuronal GPCRs	17
CA2 physiology underlying social memory	17
Editorial overview: Systems neuroscience	17
Dendrites and efficiency: Optimizing performance and resource utilization	17
Cortical contribution to visuomotor coordination in locomotion and reaching	17
TRP channels in thermosensation	17
Editorial Board	17
Complementary influences of noradrenaline and dopamine in orchestrating a motivated social behavior	16
Cells, pathways, and models in dyskinesia research	16
Editorial Board	16
Principles of neural stem cell lineage progression: Insights from developing cerebral cortex	16
Tactile sensation in birds: Physiological insights from avian mechanoreceptors	16
Mitochondrial regulation of local supply of energy in neurons	16
Sexual dimorphism in the nervous system: Three principles from the nematode C. elegans	16