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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	143
The visual evoked potential is a sensitive and powerful measure of experience-dependent visual cortical plasticity in mice	134
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	122
Editorial Board	92
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	87
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	82
Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals	74
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	70
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	69
Surprise and novelty in the brain	65
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	64
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	63
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	59
New insights into axonal regulators of dopamine transmission in health and disease	58
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	57
Trans-synaptic functions of non-canonical ionotropic glutamate receptors in circuit wiring and plasticity	54
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	52
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	52
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	50
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates	46
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	45
Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide regulation of gut immunity	44
From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	43
Dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods	42
Mechanisms of NMDA receptor regulation	41

Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory	39
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong	38
Release your inhibitions: The cell biology of GABAergic postsynaptic plasticity	38
The superior colliculus: New insights into an evolutionarily ancient structure	38
Ready or not: Neural mechanisms regulating female sexual behavior	37
Oligodendrocyte-derived transcellular signaling regulates axonal energy metabolism	37
Store-operated Ca2+ entry regulates neuronal gene expression and function	36
Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects	34
The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species	34
Modulation of hippocampal plasticity in learning and memory	34
Arkypallidal neurons in basal ganglia circuits: Unveiling novel pallidostriatal loops?	33
On the targeting of voltage-gated calcium channels to neurotransmitter release sites	33
“Arc – A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity”	33
Current and emerging methods for probing neuropeptide transmission	32
The role of moonlighting proteins in neurogenesis	32
Local regulation of striatal dopamine: A diversity of circuit mechanisms for a diversity of behavioral functions?	32
Statistical regularities and the sensory consequences of self-action: A multi-species, multi-modal perspective	32
Cell biology of Parkinson's disease: Mechanisms of synaptic, lysosomal, and mitochondrial dysfunction	31
Ecological decision-making: From circuit elements to emerging principles	31
Locomotor efference copy signaling and gaze control: An evolutionary perspective	30
Cajal-retzius cells: Recent advances in identity and function	30
Single-cell technology grows up: Leveraging high-resolution omics approaches to understand neurodevelopmental disorders	30
Building and modifying diverse synaptic properties: Insights from Drosophila	30
Phase separation in the multi-compartment organization of synapses	29
Understanding collective behavior through neurobiology	29
Novel therapeutics in development for the treatment of stimulant-use disorder	29
Secretases in Alzheimer's disease: Novel insights into proteolysis of APP and TREM2	29
Representational drift: Emerging theories for continual learning and experimental future directions	29
Spinal sensory innervation of the intestine	29
Publisher’s Note	28
“Neural correlates of social signaling in rodents: An acoustic perspective”	28
The role of the gut-brain axis in bariatric surgery	28
Genetic advances and translational phenotypes in rodent models for Tourette disorder	28
Microbial regulation of interoception	27
Cardiac vagal motor neurons	27
Roles of ANK2/ankyrin-B in neurodevelopmental disorders: Isoform functions and implications for autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy	27
Targeting B cell dysregulation with emerging therapies in autoimmune demyelinating disorders	27
Dynamic functional connectivity in the static connectome of Caenorhabditis elegans	27
Redefining stroke rehabilitation: Mobilizing the embodied goal-oriented brain	26
Punctuated evolution of visual cortical circuits? Evidence from the large rodent Dasyprocta leporina, and the tiny primate Microcebus murinus	26
Neural-circuit architecture underlying non-image-forming visual functions	26
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of human cortical connectivity	25
Transcriptomic evidence for dense peptidergic networks within forebrains of four widely divergent tetrapods	25
Central regulation of cardio-behavioral responses: Circuit engagement during aversive emotional states	25
Polyglutamine diseases	25
Neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychostimulant use	25
CaMKII mechanisms that promote pathological LTP impairments	25
On the dynamic and even reversible nature of Leigh syndrome: Lessons from human imaging and mouse models	24
Dopamine control of downstream motor centers	24
Toward a multidisciplinary neurobiology of interoception and mental health	24

Human reaching control in dynamic environments	24
Molecular programs specifying properties and plasticity of parvalbumin interneuron innervation	23
Postsynaptic signaling at glutamatergic synapses as therapeutic targets	23
Targeted cravings: Unraveling the drivers of nutrient-specific appetite	23
Editorial overview: Evolution of brains and computation	23
Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics	23
How astrocytic ATP shapes neuronal activity and brain circuits	22
The microtubule cytoskeleton of radial glial progenitor cells	22
Next generation behavioral sequencing for advancing pain quantification	22
A Goldilocks theory of cognitive control: Balancing precision and efficiency with low-dimensional control states	22
Computational role of sleep in memory reorganization	21
Chemogenetic and optogenetic tools revolutionizing the study of astrocytes in memory	21
Design of mechanosensory feedback during undulatory locomotion to enhance speed and stability	21
Jellyfish for the study of nervous system evolution and function	21
Editorial Board	21
Connecting the dots in ethology: applying network theory to understand neural and animal collectives	20
Brains and speciation: Control of behavior	20
Genetics in hereditary spastic paraplegias: Essential but not enough	20
The different roles of learning recent and accumulative statistics	20
Renal interoception: form, function, and open questions	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
Memorability reflects statistical regularities of the environment	20
Circuits for self-motion estimation and walking control in Drosophila	20
Gut-brain communication: Functional anatomy of vagal afferents	20
Multilevel visuomotor control of locomotion in Drosophila	20
The power of human stem cell-based systems in the study of neurodevelopmental disorders	19
Neuroinflammation and COVID-19	19
Structural insights into gating mechanism and allosteric regulation of NMDA receptors	19
New insights and therapeutic opportunities for progranulin-deficient frontotemporal dementia	19
Editorial Board	19
Toward the explainability, transparency, and universality of machine learning for behavioral classification in neuroscience	19
Immunobiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders	19
RAN proteins in neurodegenerative disease: Repeating themes and unifying therapeutic strategies	18
Evolution of sensory systems	18
Spike timing-dependent plasticity and memory	18
The influence of ovarian hormones on the putative mechanisms that promote female nicotine use	17
How radial glia progenitor lineages generate cell-type diversity in the developing cerebral cortex	17
Mechanical transmission at spine synapses: Short-term potentiation and working memory	17
Signatures of task learning in neural representations	17
Querying hippocampal replay with subcortical inputs	17
Mitochondrial regulation of local supply of energy in neurons	16
Leaving flatland: Advances in 3D behavioral measurement	16
Dendrites and efficiency: Optimizing performance and resource utilization	16
Editorial overview: Systems neuroscience	16
Editorial Board	16
GBA mutations, glucosylceramide and Parkinson's disease	16
Publisher’s Note	16
CA2 physiology underlying social memory	16
Editorial Board	16
Diversity and specificity in location-based signaling outputs of neuronal GPCRs	16
TRP channels in thermosensation	16
Cortical contribution to visuomotor coordination in locomotion and reaching	16