OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Neuroreport is 4. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The effects of different types of emotion words on emotion picture processing – evidence from event-related potential	28
miR-128-3p inhibits the inflammation by targeting MAPK6 in penicillin-induced astrocytes	22
Changes in topological properties of brain structural covariance networks and alertness in temporal lobe epilepsy with and without focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures	20
Ethanol depresses neurons in the lateral parabrachial nucleus by potentiating pre- and postsynaptic GABAA receptors	20
N6-methyladenosine-modified miR-873 promotes receptor-interacting protein kinase 3-mediated necroptosis after intracerebral hemorrhage in mice and HT22 cells	19
miR-766-3p regulates neurological deficits and inflammation after cerebral hemorrhage by targeting bradykinin receptor B2	19
Ferroptosis involved in sevoflurane-aggravated young rats brain injury induced by liver transplantation	16
Hypoxia-preconditioned human dental pulp stem cells transplantation alleviates hypoxic-ischemic brain damage via STAT3/NLRP3/Caspase-1 axis in neonatal rats	15
Sestrin2 attenuates depressive-like behaviors and neuroinflammation in CUMS mice through inhibiting ferroptosis	15
MCTR1 alleviates remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia by regulating mitochondrial fission protein DRP1 in rats	15
Gray matter density changes in children with congenital severe sensorineural deafness: a voxel-based morphometric study	15
Dexmedetomidine alleviates propofol-induced pyroptosis of hippocampal neurons through NLRP3 inflammasome pathway	15
How does musical rhythm influence grammatical processing at the neurophysiological level?	15
The mechanism of inhibition control in mathematical reasoning: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study	14
Asymmetry of brain development in adolescent rats studied by 3.0 T magnetic resonance imaging	14
A revisit to interactions of stimulus quality and semantic context on N400 in visual word recognition	14
20(S)-Ginsenoside Rh1 alleviates sevoflurane-induced ototoxicity by reducing oxidative stress levels	14
Overlapping functional micro-organization of orientation and spatial frequency maps in the visual cortex	13
Docosahexaenoic acid modulates microglial autophagy via miR-589-5p/toll-like receptor 4 axis in Alzheimer’s disease	13
Rolipram promotes hippocampal regeneration in mice after trimethyltin-induced neurodegeneration	13
2-Linoleoylglycerol decreased seizure through the regulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine 1A receptor and G protein-coupled receptor 55 interaction in mice	13
Encoding under time pressure: stages and electrophysiological mechanisms in facial expression processing	12
TRIM37 exacerbates cerebral ischemic injury by regulating the PPARγ/NF-κB pathway	12
Inhibition of SIRT1 in the nucleus accumbens attenuates heroin addiction-related behavior by decreasing D1 neuronal autophagy	12
Acupuncture improves the structure of spastic muscle and decreases spasticity by enhancing GABA, KCC2, and GABAAγ2 in the brainstem in rats after ischemic stroke	12

Cortical oscillatory changes during thermal grill illusion	12
The impacts of anesthetic regimens on the middle cerebral artery occlusion outcomes in male rats	12
Neuroprotective effects of different doses of Maresin1 pretreatment in aged rats after anesthesia/surgery	11
Acupuncture improves perimenopausal depression via a mechanism involving activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/serine-threonine protein kinase/mechanistic target of rapamycin pathway in a ra	11
Ferrostatin-1 attenuates brain injury in animal model of subarachnoid hemorrhage via phospholipase A2 activity of PRDX6	11
Specific mode electroacupuncture stimulation opens the blood–brain barrier of the infarcted border zone in rats during MCAO/R recovery via modulation of tight junction protein expression by VEGFA and	11
Palatable solution overconsumption in the Cntnap2−/− murine model of autism: a link with oxytocin	11
Bergenin has neuroprotective effects in mice with ischemic stroke through antioxidative stress and anti-inflammation via regulating Sirt1/FOXO3a/NF-κB signaling	11
Clusterin attenuates blood–brain barrier damage and cognitive impairment by inhibiting astrocyte aging in mice with sepsis-associated encephalopathy	11
Spermidine inhibits high glucose-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress in HT22 cells by upregulation of growth differentiation factor 11	11
Reduced glutathione attenuates pediatric sepsis-associated encephalopathy by inhibiting inflammatory cytokine release and mitigating lipid peroxidation-induced brain injury	11
Identification and immunological characterization of cuproptosis-related molecular clusters in ischemic stroke	11
Tyrosinase deficiency impairs social novelty preference in mice	11
Imperatorin inhibits oxidative stress injury and neuroinflammation via the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in the MPTP-induced Parkinson’s disease mouse	10
A voxel-level degree centrality study in Parkinson’s disease and the correlation with transcriptomes	10
Abnormal degree centrality can be a potential imaging biomarker in first-episode, drug-naive bipolar mania	10
Corpus callosum and cerebellum participate in semantic dysfunction of Parkinson’s disease: a diffusion tensor imaging-based cross-sectional study	10
Treadmill training improves neural function recovery in rats with spinal cord injury via JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway and attenuating apoptosis	10
Abnormal functional connectivity density in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder	10
Long noncoding RNA MALAT1 promotes angiogenesis through the caveolin-1/VEGF pathway after cerebral ischemic injury	10
Glucose and fructose directly stimulate brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene expression in microglia	10
Acupuncture ameliorates depression-like behavior of poststroke depression model rats through the regulation of gut microbiota and NLRP3 inflammasome in the colon	9
Decrease in current perception thresholds of A-beta fibers by subthreshold noise stimulation using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation	9
Expression and clinical significance of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, insulin-like growth factor 1, and beta-2 microglobulin in cognitive dysfunction after ischemic stroke in the elderly	9
Filial imprinting in domestic chicks; cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein 3, predispositions and learning	9
Disrupted functional topology of the white matter connectome in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: insights from graph theory and machine learning	9
IRAK-M deficiency exacerbates dopaminergic neuronal damage in a mouse model of sub-acute Parkinson’s disease	9
Microscopic observation of morphological changes in cerebral arteries and veins in hyperacute phase after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage: an in-vivo analysis	9
Panax notoginseng saponins regulate the polarization of microglia by inhibiting the hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 signaling pathway	9
Spontaneous brain activity in patients with central retinal artery occlusion: a resting-state functional MRI study using machine learning	9
Changes in gene expression due to aging in the hypothalamus of mice	9
Geniposide attenuates obesity-related depression: involvement of decreased neuroinflammation and synaptic engulfment	8
Electroacupuncture alleviates motor dysfunction after intracerebral hemorrhage via the PPARγ-EAAT2 pathway	8
Brain activity related to kinesiophobia before and after total hip arthroplasty in patients with hip osteoarthritis: a pilot task-related functional MRI study	8
Acute and sub-acute metabolic change in different brain regions induced by moderate blunt traumatic brain injury	8
The miR-23b-3p from adipose-derived stem cell exosomes alleviate inflammation in mice experiencing kainic acid-induced epileptic seizures	8
Effects of ononin on cognitive and learning-memory functions in mild cognitive impairment	8
Activation of HIF-1α/VEGF-A pathway by deferoxamine ameliorates retinal hypoxia in a rat subarachnoid hemorrhage model	7
Electroacupuncture improves diabetes-associated cognitive impairment in rats: potential involvement of hippocampal insulin receptor substrates 1/phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signalin	7
Effects of electroacupuncture on neural function and the expression of inflammation-related proteins NLRP3/caspase-1 in rats with ischemic stroke	7
Silent information regulator 1 mediates H2S-inhibited chronic restraint stress-induced depressive-like behaviors by regulating hippocampal autophagy	7
The temporal and spatial signature of microglial transcriptome in neuropathic pain	7
Centrally administered growth hormone secretagogue receptor antagonist DLys decreases alcohol intake and preference in male mice	7
Altered static brain activity and functional connectivity after heat stroke	7
Protective effects of vitamin D supplementation combined with exercise on depressive-like behaviors in chronic stress rats	7
Mendelian randomization combined with single-cell sequencing data analysis of chemokines and chemokine receptors and key genes and molecular mechanisms associated with epilepsy	7
Profiling microRNA from peripheral blood mononuclear cells in early-onset familial Alzheimer’s disease	7
Predicting the effectiveness of binaural beats on working memory	7
Gastrodin facilitates recovery of neurological function of MCAO rats through upregulating miR-20a-5p/XIAP pathway via exosome	7
Tetrandrine mediates autophagy via sirtuin 3/adenosine 5-monophosphate-activated protein kinase/mammalian target of rapamycin signal pathway to attenuate early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrha	6

Dancers’ resistance to vertigo cannot be explained by a generalized suppression of vestibular signaling	6
Ginsenoside Rg1 alleviates sleep deprivation-induced learning and memory impairment by inhibiting excessive neuronal apoptosis in zebrafish	6
Activation of the MyD88-JNK pathway promotes pathogenetic Th17 differentiation by induction of activin-A secretion and enhances experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis	6
Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) ameliorates early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage in Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats via inhibiting STING-NLRP3 inflammatory signaling	6
Cysteine desulfurase protects against intracerebral hemorrhage by inhibiting neuronal ferroptosis through the suppression of iron-responsive element–binding protein 2-mediated iron-starvation response	6
Effects of finger pinch motor imagery on short-latency afferent inhibition and corticospinal excitability	6
Activation of autophagy after blast-induced traumatic brain injury in mice	6
Healthy and pathological pallidal regulation of thalamic burst versus tonic mode firing: a computational simulation	6
Hispolon inhibits neuronal ferroptosis by promoting the expression of Nrf-2	6
Progesterone induces neuroprotection associated with immune/inflammatory modulation in experimental traumatic brain injury	6
Differences in brain functional connectivity between tinnitus with or without hearing loss	6
Pigmented Long-Evans rats demonstrate better visual ability than albino Wistar rats in slow angles-descent forepaw grasping test	6
Microstructural white matter changes in chronic migraine patients with liver-yang hyperactivity and qi-blood deficiency syndrome: a diffusion tensor imaging study	6
Altered functional connectivity between the default mode network in diabetic retinopathy patients	6
The dissociating of reward feedback on familiarity and recollection processing: evidence from event-related potential	6
Inhibition of miR-221-3p promotes axonal regeneration and repair of primary sensory neurons via regulating p27 expression	6
Connectome-based prediction of cognitive performance in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy	5
Duloxetine alleviates oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy by regulating p53-mediated apoptosis	5
Effect of early postmenopause and premenopause on resting-state electroencephalographic and their correlation with ovarian hormone levels	5
Altered cognitive control network mediates the association between long-term pain and anxiety symptoms in primary dysmenorrhea	5
The effect of electroacupuncture on the expression of Sirt1 and STAT3 in hippocampus and amygdala of vascular dementia rats	5
Effects of feedback reliability on event-related potentials in an arrow flanker task	5
Decreased spontaneous brain activity in the dorsal visual pathway in age-related macular degeneration patients revealed by fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation	5
Prediction of possible new drug binding site for ATP-sensitive potassium channel inhibition: bupropion’s modulation of hippocampal CA1 neuron excitability	5
Abnormal brain morphology and morphological brain network in adults with acute mild traumatic brain injury	5
Resveratrol-mediated NRF2/HO-1 signaling pathway to improve postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly rats	5
Disrupted functional connectivity of the striatum in patients with diffuse axonal injury: a resting-state functional MRI study	5
Maternal high-dense diet programs interferon type I signaling and microglia complexity in the nucleus accumbens shell of rats showing food addiction-like behavior	5
Effect of contextual prediction on emotional word processing: an evidence from ERPNR-D-24-00189	5
Recursive structures modulate the electrophysiological correlates of visual perspective taking	5
Astrocytic mitochondria modulate poststroke splenic immune responses, promote interleukin 10 production, and mediate neuroprotection after intracerebral hemorrhage	5
Tactile sensorimotor training does not alter short- and long-latency afferent inhibition	5
The difference between induced insight by hints and induced insight by answers: an event-related potential study	5
Altered functional connectivity between the default mode network in primary angle-closure glaucoma patients	5
State-dependent neural signatures of autistic traits: evidence from fNIRS-based fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation analysis during natural social interaction	5
Electroacupuncture promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury in rats by regulating P2X4R/p38 MAPK signaling pathway and suppressing inflammatory responses	5
TLR4-MyD88 signaling is involved in the spinal neurons during the full length of recovery from transection of the motor branch of the femoral nerve in mice	5
Code conflict in an event file task is reflected by aperiodic neural activity	4
Neuronal subset-specific phosphatase and tensin homolog knockout mice exhibit age and brain region-associated alterations in microglia/macrophage activation	4
NDUFC2 deficiency exacerbates endothelial mesenchymal transformation during ischemia-reperfusion via NLRP3	4
Indobufen ameliorates ischemic stroke by suppressing the signal transducer and activator of transcription 1/NIMA-related kinase 7/NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 signaling axis	4
Restoration of aquaporin-4 polarization in the spinal glymphatic system by metformin in rats with painful diabetic neuropathy	4
Alterations in white matter microstructural properties after lingual strength exercise in patients with dysphagia	4
The long-range and short-range functional connectivity density of diabetic retinopathy and their spatial relationships with gene expression and neurotransmitters	4
Different dorsolateral prefrontal activation during an emotionalautobiographical memory task between male and female depressed individuals: a fNIRS study	4
Xenon attenuates hypoxic-ischemic brain damage by inhibiting autophagy in neonatal rats	4
Contingency learning on the proportional congruency effect of the Stroop task is manifest in deviant processing	4
A specialized channel for encoding auditory transients in the magnocellular division of the human medial geniculate nucleus	4
Disinhibition of short-latency but not long-latency afferent inhibition of the lower limb during upper-limb muscle contraction	4
Celastrol exerts a neuroprotective effect by inhibiting necroptosis and inflammation in intracerebral hemorrhage-induced brain injury	4
The impact of physical exercise on hippocampal atrophy in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease: a meta-analysis	4
Nerolidol reduces depression-like behavior in mice and suppresses microglia activation by down-regulating DNA methyltransferase 1	4
Altered voxel-wise degree centrality associated with patients with comitant exotropia	4
The nonlinear nature of MEP amplitudes during cold-water immersion	4
Subcortical white matter differences according to presence of disorders of consciousness in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury: a tract-based spatial statistics study	4
Role of purinergic receptors 2X3 on type II spiral ganglion neurons in the enhancement of medial olivocochlear reflex in mice after long-term noise exposure	4
Effects of motion type on motion-onset and steady-state visual evoked potentials: rotation vs. flicker	4
A corticostriatal projection for sound-evoked and anticipatory motor behavior following temporal expectation	4
Paclitaxel-induced cognitive decline was attenuated by necroptosis inhibition	4
Electroacupuncture intervention on stress-induced cardiac autonomic imbalance in rats involves corticotropin-releasing hormone system activity	4
Neurophysiological effects of frequency, length, phonological neighborhood density, and iconicity on sign recognition	4
Danshensu reduces neuronal excitability by enhancing potassium currents in bushy cells in the mouse cochlear nucleus	4
Functional imaging of time on task and habituation in passive exposure to faces with emotional expression	4
Protective effects of orientin against spinal cord injury in rats	4
Neurobeachin haploinsufficient mice display sex-independent alterations in cued and contextual fear conditioning	4
Role of LGL1 in cerebellar primordium of embryonic mice	4
Neuroprotection of the P2X7 receptor antagonist A740003 on retinal ganglion cells in experimental glaucoma	4
Knockdown of miR-204-5p promotes nerve regeneration and functional recovery after HIBD in neonatal rats via Wnt2/Ephrin-A2/EphA7 pathway: Erratum	4
Pathophysiological aspects of neonatal anoxia and temporal expression of S100β in different brain regions	4
The effect of referential and emotional information on novel word learning: an fNIRS study	4
Prenatal Zika virus exposure is associated with lateral geniculate nucleus abnormalities in juvenile rhesus macaques	4
Menthol preferentially inhibits persistent Na+ current mediated by NaV1.8 in small-sized dural afferent neurons of rats	4
Brain alterations in ovariohysterectomized rats revealed by diffusion tensor imaging	4