OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of BMC Neuroscience is 5. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of multisystem exercises on balance, postural stability, mobility, walking speed, and pain in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a randomized controlled trial	43
Comparative analysis of spreading depolarizations in brain slices exposed to osmotic or metabolic stress	26
De-sync: disruption of synchronization as a key factor in individual and collective creative processes	25
Heat-inactivated Lacticaseibacillus paracasei N1115 alleviates the damage due to brain function caused by long-term antibiotic cocktail exposure in mice	24
Non-conscious processing of fear faces: a function of the implicit self-concept of anxiety	21
Morphine-induced changes in the function of microglia and macrophages after acute spinal cord injury	20
Age predicts peak gamma frequency and N1 amplitude of visual evoked potential	20
Low-intensity transcranial ultrasound stimulation modulates neural activities in mice under propofol anaesthesia	18
Neuroscience of taste: unlocking the human taste code	18
Persistent vocal learning in an aging open-ended learner reflected in neural FoxP2 expression	18
A spine segmentation method based on scene aware fusion network	17
A novel approach to CSF pressure measurement via lumbar puncture that shortens the measurement time with a high level of accuracy	16
Early differentiation of neurodegenerative diseases using the novel QSM technique: what is the biomarker of each disorder?	16
Aerobic exercise training improves learning and memory performance in hypoxic-exposed rats by activating the hippocampal PKA–CREB–BDNF signaling pathway	16
Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with amantadine in repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in rats	15
Deep learning enhanced transmembranous electromyography in the diagnosis of sleep apnea	15
Experimental orthodontic pain drives anxiety state through the induction of alterations to the neuronal architecture in hippocampus	15
The angiotensin II receptors type 1 and 2 modulate astrocytes and their crosstalk with microglia and neurons in an in vitro model of ischemic stroke	15
Memantine ameliorates cognitive deficit in AD mice via enhancement of entorhinal–CA1 projection	15
Differential weighting of temporal envelope cues from the low-frequency region for Mandarin sentence recognition in noise	14
Feasibility of evaluating the histologic and genetic subtypes of WHO grade II-IV gliomas by diffusion-weighted imaging	13
Structural-functional connectivity decoupling in multiscale brain networks in Parkinson’s disease	13
Increased expression of pathological markers in Parkinson’s disease dementia post-mortem brains compared to dementia with Lewy bodies	13
The antioxidative effect of STAT3 involved in cellular vulnerability to isoflurane	13
Effects of electroacupuncture on imaging and behavior in rats with ischemic stroke through miR-212-5p	12

Norepinephrine protects against cochlear outer hair cell damage and noise-induced hearing loss via α2A-adrenergic receptor	12
Laser speckle contrast imaging for blood flow monitoring in predicting outcomes after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice	12
Concentrations of estradiol, progesterone and testosterone in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage correlate weakly with transcranial Doppler flow velociti	12
Discrimination of the moving direction is improved depending on the pattern of the mechanical tactile stimulation intervention	12
Sustained delivery of chABC improves functional recovery after a spine injury	12
Variable and slow-paced neural dynamics in HVC underlie plastic song production in juvenile zebra finches	11
Tinnitus is associated with increased extracellular matrix density in the auditory cortex of Mongolian gerbils	11
Fmr1 exon 14 skipping in late embryonic development of the rat forebrain	11
Exploring sex differences in auditory saliency: the role of acoustic characteristics in bottom-up attention	10
Face-induced gamma oscillations and event-related potentials in patients with epilepsy: an intracranial EEG study	10
The reliability and validity of rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation mapping for muscles under active contraction	10
Spinal reflexive movement follows general tau theory	10
Motor training is improved by concurrent application of slow oscillating transcranial alternating current stimulation to motor cortex	10
Typical metabolic pattern of 18F-FDG PET in Anti-NMDAR encephalitis in the acute and subacute phases and its correlation with T2 FLAIR-MRI features	9
Increased MYD88 blood transcript in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease	9
Current state of neuroprotective therapy using antibiotics in human traumatic brain injury and animal models	9
NRXN1α+/- is associated with increased excitability in ASD iPSC-derived neurons	9
Causal relationship of CA3 back-projection to the dentate gyrus and its role in CA1 fast ripple generation	9
CaPTure: Calcium PeakToolbox for analysis of in vitro calcium imaging data	9
Cardiovascular history and risk of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease: a cross-sectional observational study	9
Pinpointing the precise stimulation targets for brain rehabilitation in early-stage Parkinson’s disease	8
Retraction Note: MicroRNA expression profile of the hippocampus in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy and miR-34a-targeted neuroprotection against hippocampal neurone cell apoptosis post-status epi	8
Does physical exercise improve or deteriorate treatment of multiple sclerosis with mitoxantrone? Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis study in rats	8
Effect and mechanism of Tetramethylpyrazine in repair of sciatic nerve injury in rats	8
Toward a comparative understanding of beat perception and synchronization	8
A circular RNA derived from GLIS3 accelerates the proliferation of glioblastoma cells through competitively binding with miR-449c-5p to upregulate CAPG and GLIS3	8
Diabetes mellitus and risk of incident dementia in APOE ɛ4 carriers: an updated meta-analysis	7
Brain magnetic resonance imaging in the DE50-MD dog model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy reveals regional reductions in cerebral gray matter	7
Ceftriaxone therapy attenuates brain trauma in rats by affecting glutamate transporters and neuroinflammation and not by its antibacterial effects	7
Retraction Note: Neuroprotective effects of Cerebrolysin in triple repeat Tau transgenic model of Pick’s disease and fronto-temporal tauopathies	7
Epigallocatechin -3- gallate mitigates diazinon neurotoxicity via suppression of pro-inflammatory genes and upregulation of antioxidant pathways	7
Objective hearing threshold identification from auditory brainstem response measurements using supervised and self-supervised approaches	6
An ontogenic study of receptor mechanisms by which acute administration of low-doses of methamphetamine suppresses DOI-induced 5-HT2A-receptor mediated head-twitch response in mice	6
Identification of hub genes in the subacute spinal cord injury in rats	6
Mechanism of LSD1 in oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation-induced pyroptosis of retinal ganglion cells via the miR-21-5p/NLRP12 axis	6
Cacna2d2 inhibits axonal regeneration following surgical decompression in a rat model of cervical spondylotic myelopathy	6
Hydrogen alleviated cognitive impairment and blood‒brain barrier damage in sepsis-associated encephalopathy by regulating ABC efflux transporters in a PPARα-dependent manner	6
Eye movement characteristics in male patients with deficit and non-deficit schizophrenia and their relationships with psychiatric symptoms and cognitive function	6
Sodium formononetin-3'-sulphonate alleviates cerebral ischemia–reperfusion injury in rats via suppressing endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptosis	6
Mindfulness interventions for craving reduction in substance use disorders and behavioral addictions: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	6
Impairments in brain perfusion, executive control network, topological characteristics, and neurocognition in adult patients with asymptomatic Moyamoya disease	6
Hippocampal functional imaging-derived radiomics features for diagnosing cognitively impaired patients with Parkinson’s disease	6
Establishment and evaluation of a clinical prediction model for cognitive impairment in patients with cerebral small vessel disease	6
Defined co-cultures of glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons with a mutation in DISC1 reveal aberrant phenotypes in GABAergic neurons	6
A systematic review of the therapeutic potential of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide precursors for cognitive diseases in preclinical rodent models	6
Circ VRK1/microRNA-17/PTEN axis modulates the angiogenesis of human brain microvascular endothelial cells to affect injury induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion	5
Examining the role of paraoxonase 2 in the dopaminergic system of the mouse brain	5
Transcriptomes of Clusterin- and S100B-transfected neuronal cells elucidate protective mechanisms against hypoxia and oxidative stress in the hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) brain	5
Human iPSC-derived neural stem cells with ALDH5A1 mutation as a model of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency	5
Early postnatal irradiation‐induced age‐dependent changes in adult mouse brain: MRI based characterization	5

Sex-specific issues of central and peripheral arginine-vasopressin concentrations in neurocritical care patients	5
Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on learning and memory cognitive function in rats with vascular cognitive impairment and its neural induction mechanism	5
Ventral tegmental area dopaminergic circuits participates in stress-induced chronic postsurgical pain in male mice	5
Neuroprotective effects of vinpocetine, as a phosphodiesterase 1 inhibitor, on long-term potentiation in a rat model of Alzheimer’s disease	5
Cytokine levels reflect tic symptoms more prominently during mild phases	5
Delta opioid receptors affect acoustic features of song during vocal learning in zebra finches	5
Intersection of hippocampus and spinal cord: a focus on the hippocampal alpha-synuclein accumulation, dopaminergic receptors, neurogenesis, and cognitive function following spinal cord injury in male	5