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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	181
Editorial Board	176
Editorial Board	170
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	133
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	111
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	111
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	91
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	81
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	78
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	71
The visual evoked potential is a sensitive and powerful measure of experience-dependent visual cortical plasticity in mice	70
Surprise and novelty in the brain	68
Weaving the rainbow: Color-blind color matching in cephalopods	64
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	60
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	58
New insights into axonal regulators of dopamine transmission in health and disease	57
The human brain: Medicine’s last frontier	52
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates	51
What are the functions of primary visual cortex (V1)?	48
Trans-synaptic functions of non-canonical ionotropic glutamate receptors in circuit wiring and plasticity	46
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	45
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	45
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	45
Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide regulation of gut immunity	44
Mechanisms of NMDA receptor regulation	44

From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	43
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	43
Setting the stage for statistical learning? Sensitivity to environmental statistics in early sensory processing	43
Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory	42
Dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods	40
The superior colliculus: New insights into an evolutionarily ancient structure	40
Ready or not: Neural mechanisms regulating female sexual behavior	39
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong	39
Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects	38
Oligodendrocyte-derived transcellular signaling regulates axonal energy metabolism	38
How to discover novel genes that cause Parkinson’s disease	38
The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species	38
Gut–brain axis in Alzheimer’s disease: neural and immune circuits linking peripheral dysbiosis to neurodegeneration	37
Harnessing theoretical neuroscience to understand decision-making across aging	36
The brain-limb axis: Elucidating CNS mediators of salamander limb regeneration	36
Release your inhibitions: The cell biology of GABAergic postsynaptic plasticity	35
“Arc – A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity”	35
Paternal care in stickleback fish	35
Modulation of hippocampal plasticity in learning and memory	34
Arkypallidal neurons in basal ganglia circuits: Unveiling novel pallidostriatal loops?	34
Locomotor efference copy signaling and gaze control: An evolutionary perspective	34
Single-cell technology grows up: Leveraging high-resolution omics approaches to understand neurodevelopmental disorders	34
Statistical regularities and the sensory consequences of self-action: A multi-species, multi-modal perspective	33
Local regulation of striatal dopamine: A diversity of circuit mechanisms for a diversity of behavioral functions?	32
The role of moonlighting proteins in neurogenesis	32
Building and modifying diverse synaptic properties: Insights from Drosophila	31
Cell biology of Parkinson's disease: Mechanisms of synaptic, lysosomal, and mitochondrial dysfunction	31
On the targeting of voltage-gated calcium channels to neurotransmitter release sites	30
Current and emerging methods for probing neuropeptide transmission	30
Genetic advances and translational phenotypes in rodent models for Tourette disorder	30
Cajal-retzius cells: Recent advances in identity and function	30
Spinal sensory innervation of the intestine	29
Microbial regulation of interoception	29
Mechanisms of proteostasis in neuronal development and plasticity	28
“Neural correlates of social signaling in rodents: An acoustic perspective”	28
Transcriptional control of brain sex differentiation in Diptera	28
Targeting B cell dysregulation with emerging therapies in autoimmune demyelinating disorders	27
The role of the gut-brain axis in bariatric surgery	26
Understanding collective behavior through neurobiology	26
Phase separation in the multi-compartment organization of synapses	25
Cardiac vagal motor neurons	25
Novel therapeutics in development for the treatment of stimulant-use disorder	25
Sensory behaviors of parasitic nematodes	24
Evolution of sensory organs: Lessons from walking fish	24
Editorial Board	24
Population codes for context-dependent decision-making	24
Representational drift: Emerging theories for continual learning and experimental future directions	24
CaMKII mechanisms that promote pathological LTP impairments	23
Corrigendum to “New insights into axonal regulators of dopamine transmission in health and disease” [Curr Op Neurobiol 94 (2025) 103093]	23
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of human cortical connectivity	23

Editorial overview: Molecular neuroscience	23
Roles of ANK2/ankyrin-B in neurodevelopmental disorders: Isoform functions and implications for autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy	22
Neural-circuit architecture underlying non-image-forming visual functions	22
Postsynaptic signaling at glutamatergic synapses as therapeutic targets	22
The Enterarchon: An ancient visceral brain	22
Natural auditory behaviors invoke cognitive brain networks	22
Redefining stroke rehabilitation: Mobilizing the embodied goal-oriented brain	22
Central regulation of cardio-behavioral responses: Circuit engagement during aversive emotional states	21
The microtubule cytoskeleton of radial glial progenitor cells	21
Molecular programs specifying properties and plasticity of parvalbumin interneuron innervation	21
Next generation behavioral sequencing for advancing pain quantification	21
Targeted cravings: Unraveling the drivers of nutrient-specific appetite	21
Neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychostimulant use	20
Human reaching control in dynamic environments	20
A Goldilocks theory of cognitive control: Balancing precision and efficiency with low-dimensional control states	20
Do animal models represent the diversity of clinical Parkinson’s disease?	20
Dopamine control of downstream motor centers	20
Toward a multidisciplinary neurobiology of interoception and mental health	19
Editorial Board	19
Memorability reflects statistical regularities of the environment	19
Design of mechanosensory feedback during undulatory locomotion to enhance speed and stability	19
The different roles of learning recent and accumulative statistics	19
Circuits for self-motion estimation and walking control in Drosophila	19
How astrocytic ATP shapes neuronal activity and brain circuits	19
Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics	19
Renal interoception: form, function, and open questions	19
Immunobiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders	18
Multilevel visuomotor control of locomotion in Drosophila	18
Editorial overview for neurobiology of disease 2026	18
Computational role of sleep in memory reorganization	18
Activity-dependent splicing: A game changer for proteome remodeling in the brain	18
Jellyfish for the study of nervous system evolution and function	18
Language-like properties in the vocal behavior of animals	18
Chemogenetic and optogenetic tools revolutionizing the study of astrocytes in memory	18
Structural insights into gating mechanism and allosteric regulation of NMDA receptors	18
Gut-brain communication: Functional anatomy of vagal afferents	18
Editorial Board	18
Querying hippocampal replay with subcortical inputs	17
Understanding the contribution of toxicant exposures to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias	17
The influence of ovarian hormones on the putative mechanisms that promote female nicotine use	17
Signatures of task learning in neural representations	17
Spike timing-dependent plasticity and memory	17
How radial glia progenitor lineages generate cell-type diversity in the developing cerebral cortex	17
The power of human stem cell-based systems in the study of neurodevelopmental disorders	17
Building brains, shaping behaviors: How developmental approaches illuminate the analysis of circuits and behavior	17
Editorial Board	16
Protein mechanism and therapeutic design in Parkinson's disease: A structural biology perspective	16
Neuroinflammation and COVID-19	16
Mechanical transmission at spine synapses: Short-term potentiation and working memory	16
Cortical contribution to visuomotor coordination in locomotion and reaching	16
Editorial Board	16
Diversity and specificity in location-based signaling outputs of neuronal GPCRs	16