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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	325
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	206
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	139
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	132
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	126
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	105
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	91
Biophysical models of intrinsic homeostasis: Firing rates and beyond	83
The visual evoked potential is a sensitive and powerful measure of experience-dependent visual cortical plasticity in mice	80
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	76
Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals	71
Surprise and novelty in the brain	65
The role of NMDA receptor and neuroligin rare variants in synaptic dysfunction underlying neurodevelopmental disorders	64
Statistical neuroscience in the single trial limit	61
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	61
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	60
Editorial overview: Molecular neuroscience	59
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates	57
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	55
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	52
Trans-synaptic functions of non-canonical ionotropic glutamate receptors in circuit wiring and plasticity	51
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	50
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	50
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	47
Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide regulation of gut immunity	47

Mechanisms of NMDA receptor regulation	45
From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	45
Dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods	43
Regulatory roles of mitochondria and metabolism in neurogenesis	41
Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory	40
The superior colliculus: New insights into an evolutionarily ancient structure	39
Modulation of hippocampal plasticity in learning and memory	38
“Arc – A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity”	38
Release your inhibitions: The cell biology of GABAergic postsynaptic plasticity	38
The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species	37
Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects	36
Store-operated Ca2+ entry regulates neuronal gene expression and function	36
Ready or not: Neural mechanisms regulating female sexual behavior	35
Dynamic interplay between GABAergic networks and developing neurons in the adult hippocampus	34
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong	34
Arkypallidal neurons in basal ganglia circuits: Unveiling novel pallidostriatal loops?	33
Current and emerging methods for probing neuropeptide transmission	33
Oligodendrocyte-derived transcellular signaling regulates axonal energy metabolism	33
Cell biology of Parkinson's disease: Mechanisms of synaptic, lysosomal, and mitochondrial dysfunction	33
The role of moonlighting proteins in neurogenesis	33
Putting the axonal periodic scaffold in order	33
Ecological decision-making: From circuit elements to emerging principles	32
Single-cell technology grows up: Leveraging high-resolution omics approaches to understand neurodevelopmental disorders	31
Locomotor efference copy signaling and gaze control: An evolutionary perspective	31
On the targeting of voltage-gated calcium channels to neurotransmitter release sites	31
Local regulation of striatal dopamine: A diversity of circuit mechanisms for a diversity of behavioral functions?	31
Autophagy in axonal and presynaptic development	31
Publisher’s Note	30
Secretases in Alzheimer's disease: Novel insights into proteolysis of APP and TREM2	30
Building and modifying diverse synaptic properties: Insights from Drosophila	30
Cajal-retzius cells: Recent advances in identity and function	30
Phase separation in the multi-compartment organization of synapses	29
Presynaptic and postsynaptic long-term plasticity in sleep homeostasis	28
Novel therapeutics in development for the treatment of stimulant-use disorder	28
Genetic advances and translational phenotypes in rodent models for Tourette disorder	28
The role of the gut-brain axis in bariatric surgery	28
Spinal sensory innervation of the intestine	28
“Neural correlates of social signaling in rodents: An acoustic perspective”	28
Microbial regulation of interoception	27
Understanding collective behavior through neurobiology	27
Targeting B cell dysregulation with emerging therapies in autoimmune demyelinating disorders	27
Representational drift: Emerging theories for continual learning and experimental future directions	26
Punctuated evolution of visual cortical circuits? Evidence from the large rodent Dasyprocta leporina, and the tiny primate Microcebus murinus	26
Cardiac vagal motor neurons	26
Editorial Board	26
Transcriptomic evidence for dense peptidergic networks within forebrains of four widely divergent tetrapods	26
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of human cortical connectivity	25
CaMKII mechanisms that promote pathological LTP impairments	25
Neural-circuit architecture underlying non-image-forming visual functions	25
Polyglutamine diseases	24

Towards biologically constrained attractor models of schizophrenia	24
On the dynamic and even reversible nature of Leigh syndrome: Lessons from human imaging and mouse models	24
Dynamic functional connectivity in the static connectome of Caenorhabditis elegans	24
Redefining stroke rehabilitation: Mobilizing the embodied goal-oriented brain	24
Editorial overview: Evolution of brains and computation	24
Roles of ANK2/ankyrin-B in neurodevelopmental disorders: Isoform functions and implications for autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy	24
The microtubule cytoskeleton of radial glial progenitor cells	24
Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics	23
Human reaching control in dynamic environments	23
Postsynaptic signaling at glutamatergic synapses as therapeutic targets	23
Molecular programs specifying properties and plasticity of parvalbumin interneuron innervation	23
Dopamine control of downstream motor centers	23
A Goldilocks theory of cognitive control: Balancing precision and efficiency with low-dimensional control states	23
How astrocytic ATP shapes neuronal activity and brain circuits	23
Neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychostimulant use	23
Targeted cravings: Unraveling the drivers of nutrient-specific appetite	23
Genetics in hereditary spastic paraplegias: Essential but not enough	22
Connecting the dots in ethology: applying network theory to understand neural and animal collectives	22
Immunobiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders	22
Next generation behavioral sequencing for advancing pain quantification	22
Computational role of sleep in memory reorganization	22
Design of mechanosensory feedback during undulatory locomotion to enhance speed and stability	21
Circuits for self-motion estimation and walking control in Drosophila	21
Brains and speciation: Control of behavior	21
Gut-brain communication: Functional anatomy of vagal afferents	21
Evolution of synapses and neurotransmitter systems: The divide-and-conquer model for early neural cell-type evolution	21
Renal interoception: form, function, and open questions	21
Computation, wiring, and plasticity in synaptic clusters	21
The different roles of learning recent and accumulative statistics	21
Editorial Board	21
Chemogenetic and optogenetic tools revolutionizing the study of astrocytes in memory	21
Jellyfish for the study of nervous system evolution and function	20
PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) and Parkin: Unlocking a mitochondrial quality control pathway linked to Parkinson's disease	20
Toward the explainability, transparency, and universality of machine learning for behavioral classification in neuroscience	19
Leaving flatland: Advances in 3D behavioral measurement	19
Structural insights into gating mechanism and allosteric regulation of NMDA receptors	19
Multilevel visuomotor control of locomotion in Drosophila	19
Editorial Board	19
The power of human stem cell-based systems in the study of neurodevelopmental disorders	19
Spike timing-dependent plasticity and memory	18
Stable continual learning through structured multiscale plasticity manifolds	18
The influence of ovarian hormones on the putative mechanisms that promote female nicotine use	18
Evolution of sensory systems	18
New insights and therapeutic opportunities for progranulin-deficient frontotemporal dementia	18
How radial glia progenitor lineages generate cell-type diversity in the developing cerebral cortex	18
Neuroinflammation and COVID-19	18
Signatures of task learning in neural representations	18
Mechanical transmission at spine synapses: Short-term potentiation and working memory	18
Measuring and modeling the motor system with machine learning	17
GBA mutations, glucosylceramide and Parkinson's disease	17
Querying hippocampal replay with subcortical inputs	17
RAN proteins in neurodegenerative disease: Repeating themes and unifying therapeutic strategies	17
TRP channels in thermosensation	17
Editorial Board	17
Principles of neural stem cell lineage progression: Insights from developing cerebral cortex	17
The synaptic life of microtubules	17
Publisher’s Note	17