OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Examining the haemodynamic repercussions of ventilator hyperinflation in elderly patients: An explanatory study	30
Editorial Board	29
Changes in phrenic nerve compound muscle action potential in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats	27
Phrenic-to-intercostal reflex activity in response to high frequency spinal cord stimulation (HF-SCS)	21
Vagal cardiac control in rats with LPS-induced lung injury	20
Effects of CO2 on time-dependent changes in cardiorespiratory functions under sustained hypoxia	19
Impact of physical functional capacity on quality of life in patients with interstitial lung diseases	19
Invasive ventilation at the boundary of viability: A respiratory pathophysiology study of infants born between 22 and 24 weeks of gestation	18
Pelvic floor muscle length changes with breathing in males: A preliminary report	17
Preventive effects of hesperidin in an experimental model ofs acute lung inflammation	17
Editorial Board	17
Evolution of vertebrate respiratory central rhythm generators	16
Asthma induces psychiatric impairments in association with default mode and salience networks alteration: A resting-state EEG study	16
Repeatability of dyspnea measurements during exercise in women with obesity	15
Editorial Board	15
The pre-Bötzinger complex is necessary for the expression of inspiratory and post-inspiratory motor discharge of the vagus	15
Differential inhibition of cough by GABAA and GABAB receptor antagonists in the nucleus of the solitary tract in cats	14
Modulating respiratory mechanics and inflammation in hepatopulmonary syndrome: Aerobic exercise as a therapeutic strategy	14
Impact of bronchial wall thickness on airflow obstruction in bronchiectasis	14
Changes in cough motor output during repetitive mechanical stimulation of the tracheobronchial tree in cats	14
Heat stress affects breathing and metabolism of chicks incubated at high temperature	13
Axonal projection of the medullary expiratory neurons in the feline thoracic spinal cord	13
Effects of inspiratory muscle training on thoracoabdominal volume regulation in older adults: A randomised controlled trial	12
Breathing pattern alteration from weanling to old age in male Sprague-Dawley rats	12
Computational model of trachea-alveoli gas movement during spontaneous breathing	12

Impaired diffusion at submaximal lung inflation in asthma and copd patients	12
Influence of intrathoracic vagotomy on the cough reflex in the anesthetized cat	11
Post-Exertion Rate of Reperfusion vs Point-by-Point analysis of skeletal tissue near-infrared spectroscopy during repeated fatigue recovery under normoxia and hypoxemia	11
Prefrontal cortex activation during incremental inspiratory loading in healthy participants	11
Lung function parameters are associated with acute mountain sickness and are improved at high and extreme altitude	11
Optimising the Dyspnoea Challenge: exertional dyspnoea responses to changing treadmill gradients	11
Low serum erythropoietin levels are associated with fatal COVID-19 cases at 4,150 meters above sea level	11
Effects of lung volume and trigeminal nerve stimulation on diving response in breath-hold divers and non-divers	11
Modelling the distribution of the oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve in vivo: An observational study	11
Editorial Board	11
Serial fractional exhaled nitric oxide measurements at and off work may help to identify immunologic occupational asthma in cases with complex exposures	10
The effect of stimulation and unloading of baroreceptors on cough in experimental conditions	10
MiR-21 modulates proliferation and apoptosis of human airway smooth muscle cells by regulating autophagy via PARP-1/AMPK/mTOR signalling pathway	10
Prior self-control exertion decreases pre-frontal cortex oxygenation during a CO rebreathing challenge but does not affect perceptions of dyspnoea or tolerance time	10
Low and sustained doses of erythropoietin prevent preterm infants from intraventricular hemorrhage	10
Editorial Board	10
Pulmonary stretch receptor modulation of synaptic inhibition shapes the discharge pattern of respiratory premotor neurons	10
Elevated risk of dyspnea in adults with obesity	10
Editorial Board	10
Stress stimulation promotes the injury repair process of airway epithelial cells through the [Cl−]i−FAK signaling axis	10
Effects of centipedic acid on acute lung injury: A dose-response study in a murine model	10
Impact of trigeminal nerve and/or olfactory nerve stimulation on activity of human brain regions involved in the perception of breathlessness	9
Multiple sensor theory in airway mechanosensory units	9
Skeletal muscle oxygenation and exercise intolerance in hemodialysis: Navigating toward promising horizons?	9
5-HT neurons of the medullary raphe contribute to respiratory control in toads	9
The acute effect of slow deep breathing variation techniques on ventilatory capacity and inspiratory muscle endurance	9
Disordered breathing in severe cerebral illness – Towards a conceptual framework	9
Pathophysiology of hypoxemia in mechanically-ventilated patients with COVID-19: A computed tomography study	9
Breath-hold diving as a tool to harness a beneficial increase in cardiac vagal tone	9
Efficiency of exogenous surfactant combined with intravenous N-acetylcysteine in two-hit rodent model of ARDS	8
Effects of different levels of hypoxia and hypercarbia on ventilation and gas exchange in Boa constrictor amaralis and Crotalus durissus (Squamata: Serpentes)	8
Respiratory mechanics during methacholine bolus and continuous infusion protocols in asthma model	8
Low level CO2 supplementation maintains isocapnia and reveals ventilatory long-term facilitation in rats	8
The influence of different spontaneous breathing trials on regional ventilation distribution in patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation	8
Using the gli spirographic prediction equations to revisit the allometric relationships between lung volumes, height and age in adults	8
Relationship between respiratory muscle endurance and dyspnea during high-intensity exercise in trained distance runners	8
Roflumilast, a phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) inhibitor, induces respiratory frequency plasticity that is resistant to inflammation in neonatal rat in vitro preparations	8
Indoor air quality – An overview of methods for measuring odor detection thresholds of single substances	8
Difference in expiratory flow limitations development in normoxia and hypoxia in healthy individuals	8
Commentary on Luu et al.	8
Chemogenetic activation of the diaphragm after spinal cord injury in rats	8
End-tidal CO2 and ventilation: Novel markers for assessing performance levels in elite long-distance runners	8
Effects of DNA methylase inhibitors in a murine model of severe BPD	8
High flow nasal oxygen and awake prone positioning – Two allies against COVID-19: A systematic review	7
Airway epithelial cells promote in vitro airway smooth muscle cell proliferation by activating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway	7
Lung function responses to cold water ingestion: A randomised controlled crossover trial	7
Cough and swallow after laparotomy in anesthetized cats	7
GAA replacement improves respiratory muscle, neural, and alveolar pathology in the pompe mouse	7
Differential neuromotor control of the vertical and longitudinal genioglossus muscle fibers: An overlooked tongue retractor	7
High concentration of hydrogen ameliorates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury in a sirt1-dependent manner	7

Ganoderma modulates allergic asthma pathologic features via anti-inflammatory effects	7
Analysis of miRNA expression profile in lung tissues of an intermittent hypoxia rat model	7
Two-day cardiopulmonary exercise testing in long COVID post-exertional malaise diagnosis	7
Simvastatin attenuates inflammatory process on LPS-induced acute lung injury in mice	7
Effects of sildenafil on gas exchange, ventilatory, and sensory responses to exercise in subjects with mild-to-moderate COPD: A randomized cross-over trial	7
Respiratory characterization of a humanized Duchenne muscular dystrophy mouse model	7
Continuous estimation of airway resistance in non-invasive ventilation	7
In silico investigation of inhalation condition impacts on hygroscopic growth and deposition of salbutamol sulphate in human airways	6
Effects of acetylcholine on hypoglossal and C4 nerve activity in brainstem-spinal cord preparations from newborn rat	6
Revisiting Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ventilation management: Time for a paradigm shift focusing on tidal volume	6
Effects of TRPV4 channel blocker on airway inflammation and airway defense reflexes in experimentally induced model of allergic asthma	6
Acute intermittent hypoxia evokes ventilatory long-term facilitation and active expiration in unanesthetized rats	6
Regulation of vagally-evoked respiratory responses by the lateral parabrachial nucleus in the mouse	6
Identifying bronchoconstriction from the ratio of diaphragm EMG to tidal volume	6
On pulse oximetry and hypoxia	6
Editorial Board	6
Disinhibition does not play a role in endomorphin-2-induced changes in inspiratory motoneuron output produced by in vitro neonatal rat preparations	6
Sensitivity of the airway smooth muscle in terms of force, shortening and stiffness	6
Lung inflammation and simulated airway resistance in infants with cystic fibrosis	6
Adipokines in interstitial lung diseases	6
Age influences the specific force and fatigability of the external abdominal obliques but not pectoralis major muscles	6
Quantification of shunt fraction using contrast ultrasound and indicator dilution in an in vitro model	6
Combination of acute intermittent hypoxia and intermittent transcutaneous electrical stimulation in obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized controlled crossover trial	5
Respiratory physiological exploration during self-induced cognitive trance	5
Magnetic twitch assessment of diaphragm and quadriceps weakness in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients	5
Influence of chronic hypoxia on the hypoxic ventilatory response of juvenile and adult rats	5
Exosomes derived from LPS-induced MHs cells prompted an inflammatory response in sepsis-induced acute lung injury	5
Characterisation of the acute hypoxic response using breathing variability parameters: A pilot study in humans	5
Hemodynamic response to positive end-expiratory pressure and prone position in COVID-19 ARDS	5
Computational fluid dynamics assessed changes of nasal airflow after inferior turbinate surgery	5
Apnea behavior in early- and late-stage mouse models of Parkinson's disease: Cineradiographic analysis of spontaneous breathing, acute stress, and swallowing	5
Airway mechanics alters generation of cough motor pattern	5
Pulmonary recovery directly after COVID-19 and in Long-COVID	5
Editorial Board	5
Noninvasive ventilation and high-flow nasal cannula in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure by covid-19: A retrospective study of the feasibility, safety and outcomes	5
Swallowing disorder – A possible therapeutic target for preventing COPD exacerbations	5
Influence of combined voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.7 and NaV1.8 inhibitors on cough in a guinea pig model	5
Numerical simulation of unsteady airflow in a nasal cavity for various sizes of maxillary sinus opening in a virtual endoscopic surgery	5
Regional differences in cerebrovascular reactivity in response to acute isocapnic hypoxia in healthy humans: Methodological considerations	5
Rib cage distortion and dynamic hyperinflation during two exercise intensities in people with COPD	5
TRPA1 contributes to respiratory depression from tobacco aerosol	5
Budesonide associated with exogenous pulmonary surfactant in a novel formulation to improve the delivery to the lung	5
Diaphragm stimulation elicits phrenic afferent-induced neuromuscular plasticity	5
Early effects of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells on lung and kidney in experimental sepsis	5
Effectiveness of selective NaV1.7 blocker PF-05089771 in reducing cough associated with allergic rhinitis in guinea pigs	5
Fentanyl and neostigmine delivered to mouse prefrontal cortex differentially alter breathing	5
Altered renin-angiotensin system gene expression in airways of antigen-challenged mice: ACE2 downregulation and unexpected increase in angiotensin 1–7	5
Analysis of nasal air conditioning in subjects with unilateral cleft lip nasal deformity	5
Fenofibrate attenuates asthma features in an ovalbumin-induced mouse model via suppressing NF-κB binding activity	5
Lung mechanics during recovery of a non-invasively ventilated patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonia	5
Role of IL-33 receptor (ST2) deletion in diaphragm contractile and mitochondrial function in the Sugen5416/hypoxia model of pulmonary hypertension	5
Numerical study of the impact of glottis properties on the airflow field in the human trachea using V-LES	5
Corrigendum to “Ethanol abolishes ventilatory long-term facilitation and blunts the ventilatory response to hypoxia in female rats” [Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol. 332 (2024) 104373]	5