OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience is 7. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Immunomodulatory protein from ganoderma microsporum protects against oxidative damages and cognitive impairments after traumatic brain injury	80
Editorial Board	50
Impaired hippocampal neurogenesis and cognitive performance in adult DBC1-knock out mice	41
Cannabinoid receptor 2 agonist AM1241 alleviates epileptic seizures and epilepsy-associated depression via inhibiting neuroinflammation in a pilocarpine-induced chronic epilepsy mouse model	32
Editorial Board	27
Exosome-based therapeutics: Advancing drug delivery for neurodegenerative diseases	26
Signatures of cochlear processing in neuronal coding of auditory information	25
Methylation at a conserved lysine residue modulates tau assembly and cellular functions	23
Absence of Gem1 (mammalian Miro/Rhot) mitigates alpha-synuclein toxicity in a yeast model of Parkinson's disease	22
Parvalbumin subtypes of cerebellar Purkinje cells contribute to differential intrinsic firing properties	22
Reduced platelet activation and thrombus formation in male transgenic model mice of Alzheimer's disease suggests early sex-specific differences in platelet pathophysiology	21
Dimethyl itaconate reprograms neurotoxic to neuroprotective primary astrocytes through the regulation of NLRP3 inflammasome and NRF2/HO-1 pathways	20
Alpha-secretase dependent nuclear localization of the amyloid-β precursor protein-binding protein Fe65 promotes DNA repair	20
Suppression of BMP signaling restores mitral cell development impaired by FGF signaling deficits in mouse olfactory bulb	20
Paternal morphine exposure in rats reduces social play in adolescent male progeny without affecting drug-taking behavior in juvenile males or female offspring	19
TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease: Structure, function, therapeutic prospects, and activation challenges	19
Sex differences in susceptibility to substance use disorder: Role for X chromosome inactivation and escape?	19
Differential expression of the neuronal CB1 cannabinoid receptor in the hippocampus of male Ts65Dn Down syndrome mouse model	18
The role of alarmins in neuroinflammation following spinal cord injury: A systematic review of the literature	18
Combined treatment of retinoic acid with olfactory ensheathing cells protect gentamicin-induced SGNs damage in the rat cochlea in vitro	17
Surface translocation of Kir2.1 channel induces IL-1β secretion in microglia	17
In vivo neuroplasticity in vestibular animal models	16
The role of calcium, Akt and ERK signaling in cadmium-induced hair cell death	16
Protein phosphatases regulate the formation of Müller glia-derived progenitor cells in the chick retina	16
Astrocytes initiate autophagic flux and maintain cell viability after internalizing non-active native extracellular α-synuclein	16

TAT-PPA1 protects against oxidative stress-induced loss of dopaminergic neurons	15
Interneurons in the CA1 stratum oriens expressing αTTP may play a role in the delayed-ageing Pol μ mouse model	14
iPSC-derived healthy human astrocytes selectively load miRNAs targeting neuronal genes into extracellular vesicles	14
GSK-3β dysregulation in aging: Implications for tau pathology and Alzheimer's disease progression	14
Editorial Board	14
Activation of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 promotes hippocampal neurogenesis via activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in hypertension	14
Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of microglia in substance use disorders	14
Chemogenetic inhibition of TrkB signalling reduces phrenic motor neuron survival and size	13
Synaptic logistics: Competing over shared resources	13
Identification of novel Aβ-LilrB2 inhibitors as potential therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease	13
Antidepressant-like effect of CP-101,606: Evidence of mTOR pathway activation	13
An in-depth association analysis of genetic variants within nicotine-related loci: Meeting in middle of GWAS and genetic fine-mapping	13
Expanded polyQ aggregates interact with sarco-endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase and Drosophila inhibitor of apoptosis protein1 to regulate polyQ mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila	12
Recovery of Angelman syndrome rat deficits with UBE3A protein supplementation	12
Vulnerability of neurofilament-expressing neurons in frontotemporal dementia	11
In vitro and in vivo models: What have we learnt about inner ear regeneration and treatment for hearing loss?	11
The mRNA expression profile of glycine receptor subunits alpha 1, alpha 2, alpha 4 and beta in female and male mice	11
Turnover of synaptic adhesion molecules	11
Role of ALS-associated OPTN-K489E mutation in neuronal cell-death regulation	11
Distinct subpopulations of D1 medium spiny neurons exhibit unique transcriptional responsiveness to cocaine	11
Compartment specific mitochondrial dysfunction in Drosophila knock-in model of ALS reversed by altered gene expression of OXPHOS subunits and pro-fission factor Drp1	10
Glycogen phosphorylase isoenzyme GPbb versus GPmm regulation of ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus glucoregulatory neurotransmitter and counter-regulatory hormone profiles during hypoglycemia: Role of	10
Artesunate restores the levels of inhibitory synapse proteins and reduces amyloid-β and C-terminal fragments (CTFs) of the amyloid precursor protein in an AD-mouse model	10
Comparing effects of microgravity and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the mouse ventral lumbar spinal cord	10
Golgi stress induces upregulation of the ER-Golgi SNARE Syntaxin-5, altered βAPP processing, and Caspase-3-dependent apoptosis in NG108-15 cells	10
Activity-dependent circuitry plasticity via the regulation of the histamine receptor level in the Drosophila visual system	9
Peroxisome, neuropeptide, and inflammation signaling pathways uniquely impacted by opioid exposure in the hypothalamus of males and females	9
Efferent axons in the zebrafish lateral line degenerate following sensory hair cell ablation	9
RNA-based therapies for neurodegenerative disease: Targeting molecular mechanisms for disease modification	9
Editorial Board	9
Effects of TDP-43 overexpression on neuron proteome and morphology in vitro	8
A neural mass model for disturbance of alpha rhythm in the minimal hepatic encephalopathy	8
VPS35 deficiency in the embryonic cortex leads to prenatal cell loss and abnormal development of axonal connectivity	8
Interrogating mediators of single-cell transcriptional changes in the acute damaged cerebral cortex: Insights into endothelial-astrocyte interactions	8
Editorial Board	8
Molecular mechanisms of AMPAR reversible stabilization at synapses	7
Elevated soluble amyloid beta protofibrils in Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease	7
CRMP2 conditional knockout changes axonal function and ultrastructure of axons in mice corpus callosum	7
Pharmacologic treatments in preclinical tinnitus models with special focus on Ginkgo biloba leaf extract EGb 761®	7
The Npc2 mouse signifies pathological changes comparable to human Niemann-Pick type C2 disease	7
microRNA-146a modulates behavioural activity, neuroinflammation, and oxidative stress in adult mice	7
Corrigendum to “Neurotoxic effects of MPTP on mouse cerebral cortex: Modulation of neuroinflammation as a neuroprotective strategy” [Mol. Cell. Neurosci., Volume 96, April 2019, Pages 1–9.]	7
Alpha-synuclein negatively controls cell proliferation in dopaminergic neurons	7
Olfactory receptor coding sequences cause silencing of episomal constructs in multiple cell lines	7
Polygenic influences on the behavioral effects of alcohol withdrawal in a mixed-ancestry population from the collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism (COGA)	7
Expression of the human herpesvirus 6A latency-associated transcript U94A impairs cytoskeletal functions in human neural cells	7
Neuronal endoplasmic reticulum architecture and roles in axonal physiology	7
Erratum to “wild type and P301L mutant Tau promote neuro-inflammation and α-Synuclein accumulation in lentiviral gene delivery models” [Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 49 (1) (2012), 44–53]	7
Editorial Board	7
A microglial kinase ITK mediating neuroinflammation and behavioral deficits in traumatic brain injury	7

The elastin-derived peptide (VGVAPG) activates autophagy in neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cells via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ)	7
Editorial Board	7